🪷 2026 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 2026

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)
2026-01-14WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2026-01-29ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2026-02-13FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2026-02-27FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2026-03-15SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2026-03-29SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2026-04-13MonKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2026-04-27MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2026-05-13WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2026-05-27WedŚuklaEkādaśī
2026-06-11ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2026-06-25ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2026-07-10FriKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
2026-07-25SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2026-08-09SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2026-08-23SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2026-08-24MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2026-09-07MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2026-09-22TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2026-10-06TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2026-10-22ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2026-11-05ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2026-11-20FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2026-12-04FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2026-12-20SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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