🪷 1853 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 1853

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)
1853-01-05WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1853-01-20ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1853-02-04FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1853-02-19SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1853-03-05SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1853-03-21MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1853-04-04MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1853-04-19TueŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1853-05-03TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1853-05-19ThuŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1853-06-02ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1853-06-17FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1853-07-01FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1853-07-16SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1853-07-31SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1853-08-30TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1853-09-13TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1853-09-28WedKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1853-10-12WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1853-10-28FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1853-11-11FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1853-11-26SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1853-12-11SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1853-12-26MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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