🪷 1944 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 1944

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)
1944-01-06ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1944-01-21FriKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1944-02-04FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1944-02-20SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1944-03-05SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1944-03-20MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1944-04-04TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1944-05-03WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1944-05-18ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1944-06-02FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1944-06-16FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1944-07-02SunŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1944-07-31MonŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1944-08-14MonKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1944-08-29TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1944-09-13WedKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1944-09-28ThuŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1944-10-12ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1944-10-27FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1944-11-11SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1944-11-26SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1944-12-11MonKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1944-12-25MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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