🪷 1968 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 1968

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)
1968-01-11ThuŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1968-01-25ThuKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1968-02-09FriŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1968-02-10SatŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1968-02-24SatKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1968-03-10SunŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1968-03-24SunKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1968-04-09TueŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1968-04-23TueKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1968-05-08WedŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1968-05-22WedKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1968-06-21FriKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1968-07-06SatŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1968-07-20SatKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1968-07-21SunKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1968-08-04SunŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1968-08-19MonKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1968-09-02MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1968-09-18WedKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1968-10-02WedŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1968-10-17ThuKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1968-10-31ThuŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1968-11-16SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1968-11-30SatŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1968-12-15SunKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1968-12-30MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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