🪷 2116 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 2116

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)
2116-01-10FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2116-01-25SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2116-02-09SunKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2116-02-24MonŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2116-03-09MonKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2116-03-10TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2116-03-24TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2116-04-08WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2116-04-23ThuŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2116-05-08FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2116-05-22FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2116-06-06SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2116-06-20SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2116-07-06MonKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2116-07-20MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2116-08-04TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2116-08-18TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2116-09-03ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2116-09-17ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2116-10-02FriKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2116-10-17SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2116-10-31SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2116-11-15SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2116-11-30MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2116-12-15TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2116-12-29TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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