🪷 2040 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 2040

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)
2040-01-10TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2040-01-24TueŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2040-02-08WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2040-02-23ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2040-03-09FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2040-03-24SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2040-04-07SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2040-04-22SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2040-04-23MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2040-05-06SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2040-05-22TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2040-06-05TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2040-06-20WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2040-07-04WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2040-07-20FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2040-08-03FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2040-08-18SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2040-09-02SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2040-09-16SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2040-10-01MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2040-10-16TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2040-10-31WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2040-11-14WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2040-11-30FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2040-12-14FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2040-12-29SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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