🪷 1940 Ekādaśī Calendar · 26 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 26 occurrences in 1940

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)
1940-01-05FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1940-01-21SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1940-02-04SunKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1940-02-19MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1940-03-04MonKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1940-03-20WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1940-04-03WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1940-04-18ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1940-05-03FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1940-05-17FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1940-06-01SatKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1940-06-16SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1940-07-01MonKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1940-07-15MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1940-07-30TueKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1940-07-31WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1940-08-13TueŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1940-08-29ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1940-09-12ThuŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1940-09-27FriKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1940-10-12SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1940-10-27SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1940-11-10SunŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1940-11-25MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1940-12-10TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1940-12-25WedKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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