🪷 1859 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 1859

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)
1859-01-15SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1859-01-29SatKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1859-02-13SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1859-02-28MonKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1859-03-30WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1859-04-13WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1859-04-28ThuKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1859-05-12ThuŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1859-05-28SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1859-06-11SatŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1859-06-26SunKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1859-07-10SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1859-07-26TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1859-08-09TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1859-08-24WedKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1859-09-07WedŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1859-09-22ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1859-10-07FriŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1859-11-06SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1859-11-20SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1859-12-05MonŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1859-12-06TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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