🪷 2161 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 2161

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)
2161-01-07WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2161-01-08ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
2161-02-06FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
2161-02-20FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
2161-03-08SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
2161-03-22SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
2161-04-06MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
2161-04-21TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
2161-05-05TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
2161-05-20WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
2161-06-04ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
2161-06-19FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2161-07-03FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
2161-07-18SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
2161-08-01SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
2161-08-17MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
2161-08-31MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
2161-09-15TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
2161-09-29TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
2161-10-15ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
2161-10-29ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
2161-11-13FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
2161-11-28SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
2161-12-28MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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