🪷 2020 Ekādaśī Calendar · 26 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 26 occurrences in 2020

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)
2020-01-06MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2020-01-20MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2020-02-05WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2020-02-19WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2020-03-05ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2020-03-19ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2020-04-04SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2020-04-18SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2020-05-03SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2020-05-18MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2020-06-01MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2020-06-16TueKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2020-07-01WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2020-07-16ThuKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2020-07-30ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2020-08-14FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2020-08-15SatKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2020-08-28FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2020-09-13SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2020-09-27SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2020-10-12MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2020-10-27TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2020-11-11WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2020-11-25WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2020-12-10ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2020-12-25FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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