🪷 1963 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 1963

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)
1963-01-05SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1963-01-21MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1963-02-04MonŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1963-02-20WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1963-03-21ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1963-04-04ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1963-05-04SatŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1963-05-19SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1963-06-02SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1963-06-17MonKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1963-07-02TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1963-07-16TueKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1963-08-01ThuŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1963-08-15ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1963-08-30FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1963-09-13FriKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1963-09-29SunŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1963-10-13SunKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1963-10-28MonŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1963-11-11MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1963-11-27WedŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1963-12-11WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1963-12-26ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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