🪷 1946 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 1946

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)
1946-01-13SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1946-01-28MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1946-02-12TueŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1946-02-27WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1946-03-13WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1946-03-29FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1946-04-12FriŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1946-04-27SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1946-05-11SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1946-06-10MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1946-06-25TueKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1946-07-09TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1946-07-24WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1946-08-08ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1946-08-22ThuKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1946-09-07SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1946-09-21SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1946-10-06SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1946-10-20SunKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1946-11-05TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1946-11-19TueKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1946-12-04WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1946-12-19ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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