🪷 1949 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 1949

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)
1949-01-10MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1949-01-24MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1949-02-09WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1949-02-23WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1949-03-10ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1949-03-25FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1949-04-09SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1949-04-23SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1949-05-08SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1949-05-23MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1949-06-06MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1949-06-22WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1949-07-06WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1949-07-21ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1949-08-04ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1949-08-20SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1949-09-03SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1949-09-18SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1949-10-02SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1949-11-01TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1949-11-16WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1949-12-01ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1949-12-15ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1949-12-30FriŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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