🪷 1948 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 1948

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)
1948-01-06TueKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1948-01-22ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1948-02-05ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1948-02-20FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1948-03-06SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1948-03-21SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1948-04-05MonKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1948-04-19MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1948-05-04TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1948-05-18TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1948-06-03ThuKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1948-06-17ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1948-07-02FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1948-07-16FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1948-08-01SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1948-08-15SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1948-08-30MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1948-09-13MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1948-10-13WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1948-10-28ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1948-11-12FriŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1948-11-26FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1948-12-12SunŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1948-12-26SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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