🪷 1979 Ekādaśī Calendar · 25 Fast-Days for Vaiṣṇava Observance

Every 11th tithi of every pakṣa · the most sacred fast-day of the lunar cycle · 25 occurrences in 1979

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)
1979-01-08MonŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī
1979-01-24WedKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1979-02-07WedŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1979-02-22ThuKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1979-03-09FriŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1979-03-24SatKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1979-04-08SunŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1979-04-22SunKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1979-05-07MonŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1979-05-21MonKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1979-06-06WedŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1979-06-20WedKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1979-07-05ThuŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1979-07-19ThuKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1979-08-04SatŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1979-08-18SatKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1979-09-02SunŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1979-09-16SunKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1979-10-01MonŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1979-10-16TueKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1979-10-31WedŚuklaDevotthāna Ekādaśī (Prabodhinī)
1979-11-15ThuKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1979-11-29ThuŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1979-12-15SatKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1979-12-29SatŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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