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Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Calendar 2008-2009
Please note that the following dates are based on the Bengali Vaishnava Calendar, Sri Gaudiya Parva Talika, and all dates and times listed here are calculated for Calcutta, India, in reference to Sri Nabadwip Dham.
Because the Vaishnava Calendar is a lunar calendar, these events are often celebrated on different days in different countries. Please contact your local ISKCON center for local dates and times.
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January 2008 |
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4th |
Sri Devananda Pandit's Disappearance Day |
| 6th | Sri Mahesa Pandit's Disappearance Day Sri Uddarana Datta Thakura's Disappearance day |
| 8th | New Moon |
| 9th | Srila Lochana Dasa Thakur's Appearance Day |
| 11th | Srila
Jiva Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 19th | Srila Jagadisa Pandit's Appearance Day Putrada Ekadasi |
| 22nd | Full Moon Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka |
| 23rd | Month of Madhava Begins |
| 27th | Sri Advaita Acarya's Appearance Day |
| 26th | Sri Bhismastami |
| 27th | Srila Ramacandra Kaviraja's Disappearance Day Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Appearance Day |
| 28th | Srila Jayadeva Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 29th | Srila Lochana Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
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February 2008 |
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3rd |
Sat-tila Ekadasi |
| 7th | New Moon Ganga Sagara Mela |
| 11th | Srimati
Visnupriya's Appearance Day Srila Pundarika Vidyanidhi's Appearance Day Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami's Appearance Day Srila Visvanath Cakravati Thakur's Disappearance Day Vasanta Panchami Sri Sarasvati Puja |
| 13th | Sri Advaita Acarya's Appearance Day |
| 14th | Sri Bhismastami |
| 15th | Srila Madhvacarya's Disappearance Day |
| 16th | Srila Ramanujacarya's Disappearance Day |
| 17th | Bhaimi Ekadasi |
| 18th | Appearance of Lord Varaha |
| 19th | Lord Nityananda Divine Appearance Day Srila Prabhupada laid the corner stone of the Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Temple, Bhubaneswar, India. Completed Temple was inaugurated on this day. |
| 21st | Srila
Narottama Dasa Thakura's Appearanace Day Full Moon |
| 22nd | Month of Govinda begins |
| 26th | HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada Divine Appearance Day HDG Gauranga Prema Yuga Acarya Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva Divine Disappearance Day Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
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March 2008 |
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| 3rd |
Vijay Ekadasi |
| 4th | Srila Isvara Puri's Disappearance Day |
| 6th | Maha Sivarati (fast from grains) |
| 7th | New Moon |
| 8th | Srila
Jagannath Dasa Babaji's Disappearance Day Srila Rasikananda Thakura's Disappearance Day |
| 11th | Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakur's Appearance Day |
| 17th | Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi |
| 18th | Srila Madhavendra Puri's Disappearance |
| 21st | Sri
Gaura Purnima Full Moon |
| 22nd | Festival
of Srila Jagannath Misra Month of Visnu begins |
| 30th | Srila Sivasa Pandit Thakur's Appearance Day |
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April 2008 |
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2nd |
Papamocami Ekadasi |
| 3rd | Srila Govinda Ghosh's Disappearance Day |
| 6th | New Moon |
| 10th | Sri Ramanujacarya's Appearance Day |
| 14th | Sri
Rama Navami Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja Beginning Sri Salagram & Srimati Tulasi Jala Dana Inauguration of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha Mandir, Bhubaneswar |
| 16th | Kamada Ekadasi |
| 20th | Sri
Balaram Rasayatra Vasanta Rasa Srila Vamsivadana Thakur's Appearance Day Srila Shyamananda Thakur's Appearance Day Sri Hanumanji Jayanti Full Moon |
| 21st | Month of Madhusudan begins |
| 28th | Srila Abhiram Thakur's Disappearance Day |
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May 2008 |
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1st |
Srila Vrndavan Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 2nd | Varuthini Ekadasi |
| 5th | Sri
Gadadhara Pandit's Appearance Day New Moon |
| 8th | Candan Yatra begins (21 days) |
| 11th | Jahu Saptami |
| 13th | Srimati
Sita Devi's Appearance Day (Consort of Lord Sri Rama) Srimati Jahnava Devi's Appearance Day Sri Madhu Pandit's Disappearance Day End of Jala Dana |
| 15th | Mohini Ekadasi |
| 18th | Sri Nrsimha Caturdasi |
| 20th | Sri
Sri Radha Ramana Devaji's Appearance Day |
| 21st | Month of Trivikrama begins |
| 25th | Srila Ramananda Raya's Disappearance Day |
| 31st | Apara Ekadasi |
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June 2008 |
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1st |
Srila Vrndavan Dasa Thakura's Appearance Day |
| 3rd | New Moon |
| 13th | Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusan's Disappearance Day Sri Ganga Puja Sri Gangamata Goswamini's Appearance Day |
| 14th | Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi |
| 16th | Panihati Cida Dahi Utsav |
| 18th | Sri
Jagannatha Snana Yatra Sri Mukunda Datta's Disappearance Srila Sridhar Pandit's Disappearance Full Moon |
| 19th | Srila
Shyamananda Thakur's Disappearance Day Month of Vamana begins |
| 24th | Sri Vakresvara Pandit's Appearance Day |
| 28th | Srila Srivas Pandit's Disappearance Day |
| 29th | Yogini Ekadasi |
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July 2008 |
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3rd |
Srila
Gadadhara Pandit's Disappearance Day Sri Srimad Acarya Thakur Bhaktivinoda's Divine Disappearance Day Gundica Marjana New Moon |
| 4th | Rathayatra
Day (Return of the Ratha is after 8 days) Srila Svarupa Damodar Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Sivananda Sena's Disappearance Day |
| 8th | Srila
Vakresvara Pandit Disappearance Day |
| 14th | Sayana Ekadasi |
| 18th | Srila
Sanatana Goswami's Disappearance Day Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Caturmasya begins (fast from sak, green leafy vegtables) Full Moon |
| 19th | Month of Sridhar begins |
| 23rd | Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 26th | Srila Lokanath Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 27th | Incorporation of ISKCON in New York |
| 29th | Kamika Ekadasi |
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August 2008 |
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1st |
New Moon |
| 5th | Sri
Raghunanadan Thakur's Disappearance Day Srila Vamsidas Babaji's Disappearance Day |
| 12th | Pavitropana
Ekadasi Jhulana Yatra begins |
| 13th | Srila
Rupa Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Gauridasa Pandit's Disappearance Day |
| 16th | Lord
Balarams Appearance Day (fast till noon) |
| 17th | Month
of Hrsikesh begins Srila Prabhupada's Departure to USA |
| 24th | Sri Krsna Janmastami (fast until midnight) |
| 25th | Divine
Appearance of Yuga Dharma Acarya HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Nandotsav |
| 27th | Annada Ekadasi |
| 30th | New Moon |
| 31st | Divine Appearance of Gauranga Prema Yuga Acarya HDG Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva. |
| September 2008 |
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4th |
Srimati Sita Thakurani's Appearance Day (Sri Advaita Acarya's consort) |
| 5th | Sri Lalita Sasti |
| 8th | Sri Radhastami |
| 11th | Parsva Ekadasi |
| 12th | Sri
Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamana Srila Jiva Goswami's Appearance Day |
| 13th | Sri Srimad Acarya Thakur Bhaktivinoda Divine Appearance Day |
| 14th | Sri
Namacarya Haridasa Thakur's Disappearance Day Ananta Caturdasi Vrata |
| 15th | Sri
Visvarupa Mahotsav 3rd Month of Caturmasya begins (fast from milk) Month of Padmananbha begins Full Moon |
| 16th | Month of Padmanabha begins |
| 21st | Srila Prabhupada arrived in USA |
| 25th | Indira Ekadasi |
| 29th | New Moon |
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October 2008 |
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6th |
Sri Durga Puja |
| 9th | Srila
Madhvacarya's Appearance Day Sri Ramacandra Vijayotsav |
| 11th | Pasankusa Ekadasi |
| 12th | Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraj's Disappearance Day |
| 14th | Sri
Murari Gupta's Disappearance Day Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra Sri Laksmi Puja 4th Month of Caturmasya begins (fast from Urad dhal) Full Moon |
| 15th | Month of Damodar begins |
| 19th | Srila Narottama Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 21st | Sri
Radha Kunda Appearance Snana Dana Bahulastami |
| 24th | Rama Ekadasi |
| 25th | Dhanvantari
Trayodasi begins (Lord Dhanvantari comes out of the causal ocean
with Ayurveda for all of mankind) |
| 28th | Diwali Chopada Puja - Sri Laksami Puja New Moon |
| 29th | Bali Daiyaraja Puja |
| 30th | Sri
Govardhan Puja Go Puja Go Krda Sri Rasikananda Thakur Appearance Day |
| 31st | Sri Vasudeva Ghosh's Disappearance |
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November 2008 |
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2nd |
HDG Yuga Dharma Acarya Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Divine Disappearance Day |
| 6th | Gopastami Gosthatami Sri Gadadhara Dasa Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Dhananjaya Pandit's Disappearance Day Sri Srinivasa Acarya's Disappearance Day |
| 7th | Jagaddhatri Puja |
| 9th | Srila Gaura Kisor Dasa Babaji's Disappearance Day Bhisma Pancaka Utthana Ekadasi |
| 12th | Sri
Bhugarbha Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 13th | Sri
Krsna Rasayatra Srimati Tulasi - Sri Salagram Vivaha Srila Nimbarkacarya's Appearance Day Chaturmasya ends Full Moon |
| 14th | Katyayani
Vrata begins Month of Kesava begins |
| 23rd | Utpanna
Ekadasi Srila Narahari Sarakara Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 24th | Srila Kaliya Krsnadas's Disappearance Day |
| 25th | Srila Saranga Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 27th | New Moon |
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December 2008 |
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4th |
Odana Sasthi |
| 9th | Moksada
Ekadasi Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita |
| 12th | Katyayani
Vrata ends Full Moon |
| 13th | Month of Narayan begins |
| 16th | HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada Divine Disappearance Day (fast until noon) |
| 22nd | Srila Devananda Pandit's Disappearance Day |
| 23rd | Saphala Ekadasi |
| 25th | Srila
Mahesh Pandit's Disappearance Day Srila Uddharana Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 27th | New Moon |
| 28th | Srila Lochan Dasa Thakur's Disappearance Day |
| 30th | Srila Jiva Goswami's Disappearance Day Srila Jagadisa Pandit's Disappearance Day |
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January 2009 |
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7th |
Putrada Ekadasi |
| 8th | Srila Jagadisa Pandit's Appearance Day |
| 11th | Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka Full Moon |
| 12th | Month of Madhava begins |
| 15th | Srila Ramacandra Kaviraja's Disappearance Day Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami's Appearance Day |
| 16th | Srila Jayadeva Goswami's Disappearance Day |
| 17th | Srila Locana Dasa Thakura's Disappearance Day |
| 21st | Sat-tila Ekadasi |
| 26th | New Moon Ganga Sagara Mela |
| 31st | Srimati
Visnupriya's Appearance Day Srila Pundarika Vidyanidhi's Appearance Day Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami's Appearance Day Srila Visvanath Cakravati Thakur's Disappearance Day Vasanta Panchami Sri Sarasvati Puja |
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February 2009 |
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13th |
Sri Advaita Acarya's Appearance Day |
| 14th | Sri Bhismastami |
| 15th | Srila Madhvacarya's Disappearance Day |
| 16th | Srila Ramanujacarya's Disappearance Day |
| 17th | Bhaimi Ekadasi |
| 18th | Appearance of Lord Varaha |
| 19th | Lord Nityananda Divine Appearance Day Srila Prabhupada laid the corner stone of the Sri Sri Krsna Balaram Temple, Bhubaneswar, India. Completed Temple was inaugurated on this day. |
| 21st | Srila
Narottama Dasa Thakura's Appearanace Day Full Moon |
| 22nd | Month of Govinda begins |
| 26th | HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada Divine Appearance Day |
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March 2009 |
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3rd |
Vijay
Ekadasi |
| 4th | Srila Isvara Puri's Disappearance Day |
| 6th | Maha Sivarati (fast from grains) |
| 7th | New Moon |
| 8th | Srila
Jagannath Dasa Babaji's Disappearance Day Srila Rasikananda Thakura's Disappearance Day |
| 11th | Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakur's Appearance Day |
| 17th | Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi |
| 18th | Srila Madhavendra Puri's Disappearance |
| 21st | Sri
Gaur Purnima |
| 22nd | Festival
of Srila Jagannath Misra Month of Visnu begins |
| 30th | Srila Sivasa Pandit Thakur's Appearance Day |
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