2009
- Wednesday, 7 January 2009 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 21 January 2009 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Friday, 6 February 2009 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Friday, 20 February 2009 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Saturday, 7 March 2009 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Sunday, 22 March 2009 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Sunday, 5 April 2009 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 21 April 2009 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 5 May 2009 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 20 May 2009 · Apara Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 3 June 2009 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Friday, 19 June 2009 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Thursday, 2 July 2009 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Saturday, 18 July 2009 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Saturday, 1 August 2009 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Monday, 17 August 2009 · Aja Ekadashi
- Monday, 31 August 2009 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 15 September 2009 · Indira Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 29 September 2009 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 14 October 2009 · Rama Ekadashi
- Thursday, 29 October 2009 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Thursday, 12 November 2009 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Saturday, 28 November 2009 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 12 December 2009 · Saphala Ekadashi
- Monday, 28 December 2009 · Pausha Putrada Ekadashi
2010
- Sunday, 10 January 2010 · Shattila Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 26 January 2010 · Jaya Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 9 February 2010 · Vijaya Ekadashi
- Thursday, 25 February 2010 · Amalaki Ekadashi
- Thursday, 11 March 2010 · Papamochani Ekadashi
- Friday, 26 March 2010 · Kamada Ekadashi
- Saturday, 10 April 2010 · Varuthini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 25 April 2010 · Padmini Ekadashi
- Sunday, 9 May 2010 · Parama Ekadashi
- Monday, 24 May 2010 · Mohini Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 8 June 2010 · Apara Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 22 June 2010 · Nirjala Ekadashi
- Thursday, 8 July 2010 · Yogini Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 21 July 2010 · Devshayani Ekadashi
- Friday, 6 August 2010 · Kamika Ekadashi
- Friday, 20 August 2010 · Shravana Putrada Ekadashi
- Sunday, 5 September 2010 · Aja Ekadashi
- Saturday, 18 September 2010 · Parsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
- Monday, 4 October 2010 · Indira Ekadashi
- Monday, 18 October 2010 · Papankusha Ekadashi
- Tuesday, 2 November 2010 · Rama Ekadashi
- Wednesday, 17 November 2010 · Devutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- Thursday, 2 December 2010 · Utpanna Ekadashi
- Friday, 17 December 2010 · Mokshada Ekadashi
- Friday, 31 December 2010 · 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.
