🪷 2016 Ekādaśī Calendar · 27 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 27 occurrences in 2016

यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्।
यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥
"Whatever you do · whatever you eat · whatever you offer · whatever you give · whatever austerities you perform · O Kaunteya · do it as an offering to Me." — Bhagavad-Gītā 9.27 — Ekādaśī observance turns daily eating into supreme yajña

Ekādaśī is the eleventh tithi (lunar day) of each pakṣa (fortnight). Two Ekādaśīs per month · 24 across the lunar year (occasionally 26 when there's an extra month). Vaiṣṇavas traditionally fast on these days · offering even food-restraint to Viṣṇu. Each Ekādaśī carries its own name and merit per the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa and Padma-Purāṇa.

DateDayPakṣaName (if classical)
2016-01-05TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2016-01-06WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2016-01-20WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2016-02-04ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2016-02-18ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2016-03-05SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2016-03-19SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2016-04-03SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2016-04-17SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2016-05-03TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2016-05-17TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2016-06-01WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2016-06-16ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2016-06-30ThuKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
2016-07-15FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2016-07-30SatKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2016-08-14SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2016-08-28SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2016-09-12MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2016-09-26MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2016-10-12WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2016-10-26WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2016-11-10ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2016-11-25FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2016-12-10SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2016-12-24SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2016-12-25SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

Cross-References

🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷