🪷 2159 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 2159

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)
2159-01-15MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
2159-01-29MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2159-02-13TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
2159-02-28WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2159-03-15ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2159-03-29ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2159-04-14SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2159-04-28SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2159-05-13SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2159-05-27SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2159-06-12TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2159-06-26TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2159-07-11WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2159-07-25WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2159-08-09ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2159-08-24FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2159-09-08SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2159-09-23SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2159-10-07SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2159-10-22MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2159-11-05MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2159-11-21WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2159-12-05WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
2159-12-21FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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