1997
- Sunday, 5 January 1997 · Saphala Ekadashi
- Sunday, 19 January 1997 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 4 February 1997 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Monday, 17 February 1997 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 5 March 1997 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 19 March 1997 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Friday, 4 April 1997 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Friday, 18 April 1997 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 3 May 1997 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 18 May 1997 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 1 June 1997 · Apara Ekadashi
- Monday, 16 June 1997 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Monday, 30 June 1997 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 16 July 1997 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 30 July 1997 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Friday, 15 August 1997 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 28 August 1997 · Aja Ekadashi
- Saturday, 13 September 1997 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Saturday, 27 September 1997 · Indira Ekadashi
- Sunday, 12 October 1997 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Sunday, 26 October 1997 · Rama Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 11 November 1997 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 25 November 1997 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 10 December 1997 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 25 December 1997 · Saphala Ekadashi
1998
- Thursday, 8 January 1998 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 24 January 1998 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Saturday, 7 February 1998 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Monday, 23 February 1998 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Sunday, 8 March 1998 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 24 March 1998 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 7 April 1998 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 23 April 1998 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Thursday, 7 May 1998 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Friday, 22 May 1998 · Apara Ekadashi
- Friday, 5 June 1998 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Saturday, 20 June 1998 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 5 July 1998 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Sunday, 19 July 1998 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 4 August 1998 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 18 August 1998 · Aja Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 2 September 1998 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 16 September 1998 · Indira Ekadashi
- Friday, 2 October 1998 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Thursday, 15 October 1998 · Rama Ekadashi
- Saturday, 31 October 1998 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Saturday, 14 November 1998 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Monday, 30 November 1998 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Monday, 14 December 1998 · Saphala Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 29 December 1998 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
How the date is fixed
The eleventh day of each half of the lunar month, kept on the day Ekadashi is running at sunrise. If it starts and ends between two sunrises, the fast moves to the next day. Each Ekadashi is named after its North Indian (purnimanta) month; dark-half Ekadashis also show the amanta month, which is one month behind.
About
Ekadashi occurs twice a lunar month, on the eleventh tithi of the bright and the dark half, giving 24 in a normal year and 26 in a year with an adhika masa; each has its own name and story. The day is fixed by the tithi at sunrise, with a further condition: if Dashami is still running at the start of the day (in the smarta rule, at dawn; in the Vaishnava rule, at the 96-minute arunodaya before sunrise), the fast moves to the next day. This is why two almanacs can print consecutive dates for the same Ekadashi. The fast is broken (parana) in Dwadashi the next morning, after sunrise and before Dwadashi ends.
How it is observed
A fast from grains for the day, Vishnu worship, and the parana in Dwadashi the following morning.