🪷 1956 Ekādaśī Calendar · 26 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 26 occurrences in 1956

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)
1956-01-08SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1956-01-23MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1956-02-07TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1956-02-22WedŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1956-03-08ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1956-03-22ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1956-04-06FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1956-04-20FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1956-05-06SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1956-05-20SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1956-06-04MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1956-06-18MonŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1956-07-04WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1956-07-18WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1956-08-02ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1956-08-16ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1956-08-17FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1956-08-31FriKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1956-09-15SatŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1956-09-30SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1956-10-15MonŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1956-10-29MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1956-11-14WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1956-11-28WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1956-12-13ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1956-12-27ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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