🪷 1939 Ekādaśī Calendar · 23 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 23 occurrences in 1939

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)
1939-01-01SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1939-01-16MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1939-01-31TueŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1939-02-14TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1939-03-01WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1939-03-16ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1939-03-31FriŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1939-04-15SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1939-04-29SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1939-05-14SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1939-06-13TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1939-06-27TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1939-07-12WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1939-07-26WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1939-08-11FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1939-08-25FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1939-09-09SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1939-09-24SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1939-10-23MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1939-11-07TueKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1939-11-22WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1939-12-06WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1939-12-22FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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