🪷 2019 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 2019

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)
2019-01-01TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2019-01-17ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2019-01-31ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2019-02-15FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2019-03-02SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2019-03-17SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2019-03-31SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2019-04-15MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2019-04-30TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2019-05-14TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2019-05-30ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2019-06-13ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2019-06-28FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2019-07-12FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2019-07-28SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2019-08-11SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2019-08-26MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2019-09-09MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2019-09-24TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2019-10-09WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2019-10-24ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2019-11-08FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2019-11-22FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2019-12-07SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2019-12-22SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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