🪷 1953 Ekādaśī Calendar · 25 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 25 occurrences in 1953

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)
1953-01-11SunKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1953-01-25SunŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1953-02-10TueKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1953-02-24TueŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1953-03-11WedKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1953-03-26ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1953-04-10FriKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1953-04-24FriŚuklaEkādaśī
1953-05-09SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1953-05-24SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1953-06-07SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1953-06-23TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1953-07-07TueKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1953-07-22WedŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1953-08-05WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1953-08-21FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1953-09-04FriKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1953-09-19SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1953-10-03SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1953-10-18SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1953-11-02MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1953-11-17TueŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1953-12-02WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1953-12-16WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1953-12-31ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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