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
2002
- Wednesday, 9 January 2002 · Saphala Ekadashi
- Friday, 25 January 2002 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Thursday, 7 February 2002 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Saturday, 23 February 2002 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Saturday, 9 March 2002 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Monday, 25 March 2002 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Monday, 8 April 2002 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 23 April 2002 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 8 May 2002 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Thursday, 23 May 2002 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Thursday, 6 June 2002 · Apara Ekadashi
- Friday, 21 June 2002 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Saturday, 6 July 2002 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Saturday, 20 July 2002 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Monday, 5 August 2002 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Sunday, 18 August 2002 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 3 September 2002 · Aja Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 17 September 2002 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Thursday, 3 October 2002 · Indira Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 16 October 2002 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Friday, 1 November 2002 · Rama Ekadashi
- Friday, 15 November 2002 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Saturday, 30 November 2002 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Sunday, 15 December 2002 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Monday, 30 December 2002 · Saphala 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.
