🪷 2096 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 2096

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)
2096-01-05ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2096-01-21SatKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2096-02-04SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2096-02-19SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2096-03-04SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2096-03-20TueKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2096-04-03TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2096-04-18WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2096-05-02WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2096-05-18FriKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2096-06-01FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2096-06-16SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2096-07-01SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2096-07-15SunKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2096-07-30MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2096-08-14TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2096-08-29WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2096-09-12WedKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2096-09-27ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2096-09-28FriŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2096-10-11ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2096-10-27SatŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2096-11-10SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2096-11-26MonŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2096-12-10MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2096-12-25TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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