🪷 1961 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 1961

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)
1961-01-13FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1961-01-27FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1961-02-11SatKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1961-02-26SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1961-03-12SunKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1961-03-27MonŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1961-04-11TueKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1961-04-26WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1961-05-10WedKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1961-05-26FriŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1961-06-24SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1961-07-08SatKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1961-07-23SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1961-08-06SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1961-08-22TueŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1961-09-05TueKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1961-09-20WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1961-10-05ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1961-11-03FriKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1961-11-04SatKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1961-11-18SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1961-12-03SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1961-12-17SunŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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