🪷 1969 Ekādaśī Calendar · 22 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 22 occurrences in 1969

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)
1969-01-14TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1969-01-29WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1969-02-28FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1969-03-14FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1969-03-29SatŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1969-04-12SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1969-04-28MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1969-05-12MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1969-05-27TueŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1969-06-10TueKṛṣṇaYoginī Ekādaśī
1969-06-26ThuŚuklaEkādaśī
1969-07-10ThuKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1969-07-25FriŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1969-08-08FriKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1969-08-23SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1969-09-07SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1969-09-22MonŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1969-10-07TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1969-10-21TueŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1969-11-05WedKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1969-12-05FriKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1969-12-19FriŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)

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