🪷 2042 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 2042

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)
2042-01-02ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2042-01-17FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2042-01-31FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2042-02-16SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2042-03-02SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2042-03-17MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2042-04-01TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2042-04-16WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2042-04-30WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2042-05-15ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2042-05-30FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2042-06-13FriKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2042-06-28SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2042-06-29SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2042-07-13SunKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2042-07-28MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2042-08-11MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2042-08-27WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2042-09-25ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2042-10-09ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2042-10-24FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2042-11-08SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2042-11-23SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2042-12-08MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2042-12-22MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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