2000
- Sunday, 2 January 2000 · Saphala Ekadashi
- Monday, 17 January 2000 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Monday, 31 January 2000 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 16 February 2000 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 1 March 2000 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Thursday, 16 March 2000 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Friday, 31 March 2000 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Friday, 14 April 2000 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Sunday, 30 April 2000 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 14 May 2000 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 30 May 2000 · Apara Ekadashi
- Monday, 12 June 2000 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 28 June 2000 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 12 July 2000 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Thursday, 27 July 2000 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Thursday, 10 August 2000 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 26 August 2000 · Aja Ekadashi
- Saturday, 9 September 2000 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Sunday, 24 September 2000 · Indira Ekadashi
- Monday, 9 October 2000 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Monday, 23 October 2000 · Rama Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 7 November 2000 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 21 November 2000 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Thursday, 7 December 2000 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 21 December 2000 · Saphala Ekadashi
2001
- Saturday, 6 January 2001 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 20 January 2001 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Sunday, 4 February 2001 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Sunday, 18 February 2001 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 6 March 2001 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 20 March 2001 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 4 April 2001 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 19 April 2001 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Thursday, 3 May 2001 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Saturday, 19 May 2001 · Apara Ekadashi
- Saturday, 2 June 2001 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Sunday, 17 June 2001 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 1 July 2001 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 17 July 2001 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Monday, 30 July 2001 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 15 August 2001 · Aja Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 29 August 2001 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Friday, 14 September 2001 · Indira Ekadashi
- Friday, 28 September 2001 · Padmini Ekadashi
- Saturday, 13 October 2001 · Parama Ekadashi
- Saturday, 27 October 2001 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Sunday, 11 November 2001 · Rama Ekadashi
- Monday, 26 November 2001 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 11 December 2001 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 26 December 2001 · Mokshada 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.
