🪷 1840 Ekādaśī Calendar · 22 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 22 occurrences in 1840

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)
1840-01-15WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1840-01-30ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1840-02-13ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1840-02-28FriKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1840-03-29SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1840-04-12SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1840-04-28TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1840-05-12TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1840-05-27WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1840-06-10WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1840-06-25ThuKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1840-07-10FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1840-08-08SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1840-08-23SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1840-09-07MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1840-09-21MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1840-10-07WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1840-10-21WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1840-11-05ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1840-11-19ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1840-12-05SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1840-12-19SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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