🪷 2017 Ekādaśī Calendar · 25 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 25 occurrences in 2017

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)
2017-01-08SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2017-01-23MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2017-02-22WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2017-03-08WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2017-03-23ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2017-03-24FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2017-04-06ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2017-04-22SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2017-05-06SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2017-05-21SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2017-06-05MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2017-06-20TueKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2017-07-04TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2017-07-19WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2017-08-03ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2017-08-17ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2017-09-01FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2017-09-16SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2017-10-01SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2017-10-15SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2017-10-31TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2017-11-14TueKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2017-11-29WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2017-12-13WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2017-12-29FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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