🪷 1959 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 1959

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)
1959-01-05MonKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1959-01-20TueŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1959-02-19ThuŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1959-03-05ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1959-03-21SatŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1959-04-19SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1959-05-03SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1959-05-18MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1959-06-02TueKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1959-06-17WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1959-07-01WedKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1959-07-16ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1959-07-31FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1959-08-14FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1959-08-30SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1959-09-13SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1959-09-28MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1959-10-12MonŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1959-10-28WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1959-11-11WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1959-11-26ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1959-12-10ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1959-12-26SatKṛṣṇaEkādaśī

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