🪷 1966 Ekādaśī Calendar · 24 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 24 occurrences in 1966

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)
1966-01-03MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1966-01-17MonKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1966-02-16WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1966-03-03ThuŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1966-03-17ThuKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1966-04-01FriŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1966-04-16SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1966-05-01SunŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1966-05-16MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1966-05-30MonŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1966-06-14TueKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1966-06-28TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1966-07-14ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1966-07-28ThuŚuklaEkādaśī
1966-08-12FriKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1966-08-26FriŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1966-09-11SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1966-09-25SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1966-10-10MonKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1966-10-25TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1966-11-08TueKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1966-11-23WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1966-12-08ThuKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1966-12-23FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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