Calendar

Vaishnav Calendar based on Vedic scriptures observing all festivals of Rupanuga Gaudiya Vaishnav Sampradaya.

Location: Sri Mayapur

West. Bengal, India +5.30 GMT

Wed, 14 Oct 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Sun, 18 Oct 26

- +Sun enters Libra
- +Ākāśa Dīpikā begins (offering lamp to the sky for one solar month)

Wed, 21 Oct 26

- +Rāmacandra Vijayotsava
- +Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Appearance
- +Śrīla Bhaktisvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Thu, 22 Oct 26

- Ekādaśī
- FASTING FOR Pāśānkuṣā EKĀDAŚĪ

Fri, 23 Oct 26

- Dvādaśī
- +Break fast 05:37 - 09:26 IST (UTC + 5:30)
- +Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
- +Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
- +Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

Mon, 26 Oct 26

- +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Saradiya rāsa-yātrā
- +Śrī Murāri Gupta ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
- +Beginning of Ūrjā-vrata, Kārtika-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata and Niyama-sevā
- +Fasting and special rules for 4th month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today
- +For one month fast from sesame seeds, mustard seeds, sesame oil, mustard oil, eggplants, tomatoes, loki, parmal, urad dahl and honey. No shaving for brahmacārīs and sannyāsais.
- +See introduction for other Vrata fast items and observances

Tue, 27 Oct 26

- +Dvitīyā up to *04:09, Tithi hari-kathā
- +Dāmodara Māsa begins

Fri, 30 Oct 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktikuśala Narasiṁha Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Sat, 31 Oct 26

- +Punarvasu nakṣatra up to *05:41
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vicāra Yāyāvara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Mon, 2 Nov 26

- +Appearance of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, bathing in Rādhā-kuṇḍa (Snāna-dhan) and giving charity
- +Bahulāṣṭamī

Tue, 3 Nov 26

- +Śrīla Vīracandra Prabhu ~ Appearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Thu, 5 Nov 26

- Ekādaśī
- FASTING FOR Ramā EKĀDAŚĪ

Fri, 6 Nov 26

- Dvādaśī
- +Break fast 05:45 - 09:28 IST (UTC + 5:30)

Sat, 7 Nov 26

- +Yama Dīpa-dāna

Sun, 8 Nov 26

- +Yama Caturdaśī ( offering fourteen lamps in temple )

Mon, 9 Nov 26

- +Dīpa-dāna, Dīpanvita (Festival of lights)
- +Appearance of Mānasī-gaṅgā

Tue, 10 Nov 26

- +Govardhana-pūjā, Go-pūjā, Go-kṛda (Worship of Govardhana Hill, and worship and decorating of cows)
- +Śrī Rasikānanda ~ Appearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kusum Śramaṇā Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Wed, 11 Nov 26

- +Śrī Vàsudeva Ghoṣa ~ Disappearance
- +Yama-dvitīyā -- The blessing of Yamarāja to his sister, Śrī Yamunā-devī that if brother and sister take bath in Yamunā on this day, they will not go to the abode of Yama after death.

Thu, 12 Nov 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivrikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Fri, 13 Nov 26

- +Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Sat, 14 Nov 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktiśrīrūpa Siddhānti Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Tue, 17 Nov 26

- +Sun enters Scorpio
- +End of Akāśa Dīpikā (offering lamp to the sky)
- +Gopāṣṭamī, Goṣṭāṣṭamī
- +Śrī Gadādhara dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Dhanañjaya Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya ~ Disappearance

Thu, 19 Nov 26

- +Śrī Kṛṣṇa kills Kaṁsa

Sat, 21 Nov 26

- Ekādaśī
- +Dvādaśī up to *04:59
- FASTING FOR Utthāna EKĀDAŚĪ
- +Śrīla Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
- +Bhīṣma-pañcaka begins

Sun, 22 Nov 26

- +Aśvinī nakṣatra up to *04:17
- +Break fast 05:55 - 09:33 IST (UTC + 5:30)
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Suhṛt Akiñcana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Mon, 23 Nov 26

- +Śrī Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Kāśīśvara Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Tue, 24 Nov 26

- +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Rāsa-yātrā
- +Śrī Nimbāditya ~ Appearance
- +End of Ūrjā-vrata, Kārtika-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata and Niyama-sevā
- +End of Cāturmāsya-vrata

Wed, 25 Nov 26

- +Keśava Māsa begins
- +Kātyāyanī-vrata begins - Vraja-devīs take one month vow to please Yogamāya, (Kātyāyanī-devi) to get Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their beloved
- +Sundarānanda ~ Appearance (One of the twelve cowherd boys in Caitanya-lila)

Sat, 28 Nov 26

- +Pañcamī up to *03:59, Tithi hari-kathā

Sun, 29 Nov 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāsa Hṛṣīkeśa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Fri, 4 Dec 26

- Ekādaśī
- +(not suitable for fasting, see following day)
- +Śrīla Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

Sat, 5 Dec 26

- Dvādaśī
- FASTING FOR Utpannā EKĀDAŚĪ
- +Śrī Kāliyā Kṛṣṇadāsa ~ Disappearance

Sun, 6 Dec 26

- +Break fast 06:05 - 09:40 IST (UTC + 5:30)
- +Śrī Sāraṅga Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

Sat, 12 Dec 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Tue, 15 Dec 26

- +Odana Ṣaṣṭhi
- +Śrīla Bhaktisvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Wed, 16 Dec 26

- +Sun enters Sagittarius

Thu, 17 Dec 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Fri, 18 Dec 26

- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kamala Madhusūdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

Sun, 20 Dec 26

- Ekādaśī
- FASTING FOR Mokṣadā EKĀDAŚĪ
- +Advent of Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā ~ Śrī Krishna spoke Gītā to Arjuna
- +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kusum Śramaṇā Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Mon, 21 Dec 26

- Dvādaśī
- +Break fast 06:14 - 09:47 IST (UTC + 5:30)

Wed, 23 Dec 26

- +Mṛgaśīrśa nakṣatra up to *04:55

Thu, 24 Dec 26

- +Pratipat up to *03:09, Tithi hari-kathā
- +Kātyāyanī-vrata ends

Fri, 25 Dec 26

- +Nārāyaṇa Māsa begins

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