🪷 1942 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 1942

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)
1942-01-27TueŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1942-01-28WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1942-02-11WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1942-02-26ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1942-03-12ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1942-03-28SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1942-04-11SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1942-04-26SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1942-05-10SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1942-05-26TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1942-06-09TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1942-06-24WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1942-07-08WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1942-07-09ThuKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1942-08-07FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1942-08-22SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1942-09-06SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1942-09-20SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1942-10-05MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1942-11-04WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1942-11-18WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1942-12-04FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1942-12-18FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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