🪷 2021 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 2021

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)
2021-01-09SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2021-01-24SunŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2021-02-07SunKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2021-02-23TueŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2021-03-09TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2021-03-24WedŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2021-04-07WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2021-04-23FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2021-05-07FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2021-05-22SatŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2021-06-05SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2021-06-20SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2021-07-05MonKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2021-07-20TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2021-08-04WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2021-08-18WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2021-09-02ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2021-09-16ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2021-10-02SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2021-10-16SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2021-10-31SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2021-11-14SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2021-11-30TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2021-12-14TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2021-12-29WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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