🪷 2018 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 2018

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)
2018-01-12FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2018-01-27SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2018-02-11SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2018-02-26MonŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2018-03-13TueKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2018-03-27TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2018-04-12ThuKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2018-04-26ThuŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2018-05-11FriKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2018-05-25FriŚuklaEkādaśī
2018-06-10SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2018-06-24SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2018-07-09MonKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
2018-07-23MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2018-08-07TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2018-08-22WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2018-09-06ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2018-09-20ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2018-10-05FriKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2018-10-20SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2018-11-03SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2018-11-19MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2018-12-03MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2018-12-18TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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