🪷 2056 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 2056

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)
2056-01-12WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2056-01-28FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2056-02-11FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2056-02-26SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2056-02-27SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2056-03-11SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2056-03-27MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2056-04-10MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2056-04-25TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2056-05-10WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2056-05-25ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2056-06-08ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2056-06-23FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2056-07-08SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2056-07-22SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2056-08-06SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2056-08-07MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2056-08-21MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2056-09-05TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2056-09-19TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2056-10-05ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2056-10-19ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2056-11-03FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2056-11-17FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2056-12-03SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2056-12-17SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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