🪷 1980 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 1980

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)
1980-01-13SunKṛṣṇaEkādaśī
1980-01-27SunŚuklaJayā Ekādaśī
1980-02-12TueKṛṣṇaṢaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī
1980-02-26TueŚuklaĀmalakī Ekādaśī
1980-03-12WedKṛṣṇaVijayā Ekādaśī
1980-03-27ThuŚuklaKāmadā Ekādaśī
1980-04-11FriKṛṣṇaPāpamocanī Ekādaśī
1980-04-25FriŚuklaMohinī Ekādaśī
1980-05-10SatKṛṣṇaVarūthinī Ekādaśī
1980-05-25SunŚuklaNirjalā Ekādaśī
1980-06-08SunKṛṣṇaAparā Ekādaśī
1980-06-24TueŚuklaDevśayanī Ekādaśī
1980-07-08TueKṛṣṇaKāmikā Ekādaśī
1980-07-23WedŚuklaPavitropanā Ekādaśī (Putradā)
1980-08-06WedKṛṣṇaAjā Ekādaśī
1980-08-22FriŚuklaPārśva (Parivartinī) Ekādaśī
1980-09-05FriKṛṣṇaIndirā Ekādaśī
1980-09-20SatŚuklaPāśāṅkuśā Ekādaśī
1980-10-04SatKṛṣṇaRamā Ekādaśī
1980-11-03MonKṛṣṇaUtpannā Ekādaśī
1980-11-18TueŚuklaGītā Jayantī (= Mokṣadā Ekādaśī)
1980-12-03WedKṛṣṇaSaphalā Ekādaśī
1980-12-17WedŚuklaPauṣa Putradā Ekādaśī

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