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Sri Gaudiya Vaisnava Calendar 2012-2013
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 Bhubaneswar, India, in the same time zone as Sri Nabadwip Dham, Mayapur, India.
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. To download your own calendar or sign up for email Vaisnava Calendar reminders, click here.
How to Observe Festivals
* Ekadasi style prasad is observed on festival days that are for Visnu Tattva such as Janmastami and Lord Balaram's Appearance Day. (Also bi-monthly Ekadasi days.) Grain prasad is observed after the recommended fasting period on all festival days that are not Visnu Tattva such as Sri Radhastami. Ekadasi style break fast is considered to be followed by observing simple prasad prepared from roots, fruits and milk, offered with devotion. Spicing is with salt and pepper only. Please see details below.
** Vaisnava Appearance and 'Disappearance' days are recommended to be observed by glorification of the Vaisnava Thakura by seva, readings and bhajans. A half day fast followed by grain prasad feast can also be observed.
January 2012 |
|
5th |
Putrada Ekadasi |
6th |
App. Srila Jagadisa Pandit |
9th |
Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka Full Moon |
10th |
Month of Madhava begins |
14th |
Disapp. Srila Ramacandra Kaviraja App. Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Disapp. Srila Jayadeva Goswami |
15th |
Disapp. Srila Locana Dasa Thakura |
19th |
Sat-tila Ekadasi |
23rd |
New Moon Ganga Sagara Mela |
28th |
App. Srimati
Visnupriya App. Srila Pundarika Vidyanidhi App. Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami App. Srila Raghunandana Thakura Disapp. Srila Visvanath Cakravati Thakura Vasanta Panchami Sri Sarasvati Puja |
30th |
App. Sri
Advaita Acarya (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
31st |
Sri Bhismastami |
February 2012 |
|
1st |
Disapp. Srila Madhvacarya |
2nd |
Disapp. Srila Ramanujacarya |
3rd |
Bhaimi Ekadasi |
4th |
Varaha Dvadasi Appearance
of Lord Varaha (fasting observed till noon on the Ekadasi day before) |
5th |
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. (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
| 7th | Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava App. Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Full Moon |
| 8th | Month of Govinda begins |
12th |
HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur
Prabhupada Divine Appearance Day HDG Gauranga Prema Yuga Acarya Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva 16th Divine Disappearance Day (fast till noon, grain prasad) Disapp. Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakura |
18th |
Vijay
Ekadasi Disapp. Srila Isvara Puri |
20th |
Maha
Sivarati (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
21st |
New Moon |
22nd |
Disapp. Srila
Jagannath Dasa Babaji Disapp. Srila Rasikananda Thakura |
26th |
Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakur's Appearance Day |
March 2012 |
|
4th |
Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi |
5th |
Disapp. Srila Madhavendra Puri |
8th |
Sri
Gaura Purnima Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu (fast till moonrise, Ekadasi prasad) Full Moon |
9th |
Festival
of Srila Jagannath Misra Month of Visnu begins |
15th |
App. Srila Sivasa Pandit Thakura |
18th |
Papamocani Ekadasi |
19th |
Disapp. Srila Govinda Ghosh |
22nd |
New moon |
28th |
App. Srila Ramanujacarya |
April 2012 |
|
1st |
Sri Rama Navami, App. of Lord Rama (fast till sunset, ekadasi prasad) Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja Inaugauration of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha Mandir, Bhubaneswar, India |
3rd |
Kamada Ekadasi |
4th |
Damanaka-ropana dvadasi |
6th |
Sri Balarama Rasayatra Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa App. Srila Vamsivadana Thakura App. Srila Syamananda Thakura Sri Hanumanji Jayanti Full Moon |
7th |
Month of Madhusudana begins |
12th |
Disapp. Srila Abhirama Thakura |
14th |
Beginning of Salagrama and Tulasi Jala Dana |
15th |
Disapp. Srila Vrndavan Dasa Thakura |
17th |
Varuthini Ekadasi |
21st |
App. Srila
Gadadhara Pandit New Moon |
24th |
Aksaya Trtiya Candana Yatra starts (continues for 21 days) |
28th |
Jahnu Saptami |
30th |
App. Srimati Sita Devi (Consort of Lord Sri Rama) App. Srimati Jahnava Devi Disapp. Sri Madhu Pandit |
May 2012 |
|
2nd |
Mohini Ekadasi |
3rd |
Rukmini Dvadasi |
5th |
Sri
Nrsimha Caturdasi Divine Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva (fast till dusk, ekadasi prasad) |
6th |
Krsna Phula Dola Salila Vihara Disapp. Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura App. Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji App. Sri Madhavendra Puri App. Sri Srinivasa Acarya Full Moon |
7th |
Month of Trivikrama begins |
10th |
Disapp. Srila Ramananda Raya |
13th |
End of Jala Dana |
17th |
Apara
Ekadasi (Paksa Vardhini Mahadvadasi) App. Srila Vrndavan Dasa Thakura |
20th |
New Moon |
31st |
Disapp. Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusan Sri Ganga Puja App. Sri Gangamata Goswamini |
June 2012 |
|
1st |
Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi |
2nd |
Panihati cida-dadhi mahotsav (pastime of Lord Nityananda and Srila Raghunatha Dasa, festival and feast for the Lord's Associates, chipped rice and yogurt festival) |
4th |
Sri
Jagannatha Snana Yatra Divine Appearance of Lord Jagannatha Disapp. Sri Mukunda Datta Disapp. Srila Sridhar Pandit Full Moon |
5th |
Srila
Shyamananda Thakur's Disappearance Day Month of Vamana begins |
8th |
App. Srila Vakresvara Pandit |
14th |
Disapp. Sri Srivasa Pandita |
15th |
Yogini Ekadasi |
19th |
Disapp. Srila
Gadadhara Pandit Sri Srimad Acarya Thakur Bhaktivinoda's Divine Disappearance Day New Moon |
20th |
Gundica Marjana Celebration of the cleaning of Gundica Temple |
21st |
Sri Jagannatha Rathayatra
Day (Return of the Ratha is after 8 days) Disapp. Srila Svarupa Damodar Goswami' Disapp. Srila Sivananda Sena |
25th |
Disapp. Srila Vakresvara Pandit |
30th |
Sayana Ekadasi |
July 2012 |
|
3rd |
Disapp. Srila
Sanatana Goswami Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Caturmasya first month begins (fast from sak, green leafy vegtables) (Caturmasya is not observed during the month of Purusottama Adhika) Full Moon |
4th |
Month of Sridhar begins |
8th |
Disapp. Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami |
11th |
Disapp. Srila Lokanath Goswami |
12th |
Incorporation of ISKCON in New York |
15th |
Kamika Ekadasi |
19th |
New Moon |
23rd |
Disapp. Sri
Raghunanadan Thakura Disapp. Srila Vamsidas Babaji |
29th |
Pavitropana
Ekadasi Jhulana Yatra begins |
30th |
Disapp. Srila
Rupa Goswami Disapp. Srila Gauridasa Pandit |
August 2012 |
|
2nd |
Lord
Balarams Appearance Day Divine Appearance of Lord Balarama (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) Second Month of Caturmasya begins (fast from yogurt) Full Moon |
3rd |
Month
of Hrsikesh begins Srila Prabhupada's Departure to USA |
10th |
Sri
Krsna Janmastami Divine Appearance of Lord Sri Krsna (fast until midnight, ekadasi prasad) |
11th |
Divine
Appearance of Yuga Dharma Acarya HDG
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada (fasting not observed today since it is two days in a row) Nandotsav |
13th |
Annada Ekadasi |
17th |
New Moon |
18th |
Divine
Appearance of Gauranga Prema Yuga Acarya
HDG Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila
Gurudeva 83rd Vyasapuja Festival (fast till noon, grain prasad) Month of Purusottama Adhika begins. (month of Hrsikesa will continue after 16th Sept 2012, Caturmasya is not observed during Purusottama Adhika Masa) |
27th |
Padmini Ekadasi |
31st |
Full Moon |
September 2012 |
|
12th |
Parama Ekadasi |
12th |
New Moon |
17th |
Month of Hrsikesa continues (Caturmasya continues) |
20th |
App. Srimati
Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita Acarya's consort) |
21st |
Sri Lalita Sasti |
23rd |
Sri
Radhastami Divine Appearance of Lord Srimati Radharani (fast till noon, grain prasad) |
26th |
Parsva Ekadasi |
27th |
Sri
Vamana Dvadasi: Divine Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva (fast is observed till noon on the Ekadasi the day before) App. Srila Jiva Goswami |
28th |
Sri Srimad Acarya Thakur
Bhaktivinoda
Divine Appearance Day (fast till noon, grain prasad) |
29th |
Disapp. Sri
Namacarya Haridasa Thakura Ananta Caturdasi Vrata |
30th |
Sri
Visvarupa Mahotsav Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada 3rd Month of Caturmasya begins (fast from milk) Full Moon |
October 2012 |
|
1st |
Month of Padmanabha begins |
7th |
Srila Prabhupada arrived in USA |
11th |
Indira Ekadasi |
15th |
New Moon |
21st |
Sri Durga Puja |
24th |
App. Srila
Madhvacarya Sri Ramacandra Vijayotsava |
25th |
Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi Paksa Vardhini Mahadvadasi (fast from grains) |
26th |
Disapp. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami Disapp. Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami Disapp. Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja |
29th |
Disapp. Srila
Murari Gupta Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra Sri Laksmi Puja 4th Month of Caturmasya begins (fast from urad dhal) Full Moon |
30th |
Month of Damodar begins |
November 2012 |
|
4th |
Disapp. Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura |
7th |
Sri
Radha Kunda Appearance Snana Dana Bahulastami |
10th |
Rama Ekadasi |
11th |
Dhanteras, First Day of Diwali celebrations (4 day celebration) Dhanvantari Trayodasi begins (Lord Dhanvantari comes out of the causal ocean with Ayurveda for all of mankind) |
12th |
Choti Diwali, Naraka Caturdasi (Lord Krishna destroyed the demon Narakasur) |
13th |
Diwali Dipa dana Chopada Puja - Sri Laksmi Puja New Moon |
14th |
Sri
Govardhan Puja (pastime of Lord Krishna lifting of Govardhan Hill) Go Puja (worship of the cows) Go Krda Bali Daiyaraja Puja (victory of Lord Vamana over king Bali) App. Srila Rasikananda Thakura |
15th |
Disapp. Sri Vasudeva Ghosh |
17th |
HDG Yuga Dharma Acarya Srila
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Srila Prabhupada Divine Disappearance Day (fast till noon, grain prasad) |
21st |
Gopastami Gosthatami Disapp. Sri Gadadhara Dasa Goswami Disapp. Srila Dhananjaya Pandit Disapp. Sri Srinivasa Acarya |
22nd |
Jagaddhatri Puja |
24th |
HDG Srila Gaura Kisor Dasa Babaji Divine Disappearance Day (fast till noon, feast tomorrow) Bhisma Pancaka Utthana Ekadasi (fasting, ekadasi prasadam) |
27th |
Disapp. Sri
Bhugarbha Goswami Disapp. Sri Kasisvara Pandit |
28th |
Sri
Krsna Rasayatra Srimati Tulasi Devi - Sri Salagram Vivaha (marriage) App. Srila Nimbarkacarya Chaturmasya ends Full Moon |
29th |
Katyayani
Vrata begins Month of Kesava begins |
December 2012 |
|
9th |
Disapp. Srila Narahari Sarakara Thakura |
10th |
Utpanna
Ekadasi Disapp. Srila Kaliya Krsnadasa |
11th |
Disapp. Srila Saranga Thakura |
13th |
New Moon |
18th |
Odana Sasthi |
23rd |
Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita (Gita Jayanti) |
24th |
Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi Moksada Ekadasi |
28th |
Katyayani
Vrata ends Full Moon |
29th |
Month of Narayan begins |
January 2013 |
1st |
HDG Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Prabhupada Divine Disappearance Day (fast until noon, grain prasad) |
8th |
Srila Devananda Pandit's Disappearance Day Saphala Ekadasi |
10th |
Disapp. Srila
Mahesh Pandit Disapp. Srila Uddharana Datta Thakura |
11th |
New Moon |
12th |
Disapp. Srila Lochan Dasa Thakura |
14th |
Disapp. Srila Jiva Goswami Disapp. Srila Jagadisa Pandit |
22nd |
Putrada Ekadasi |
23rd |
App. Srila Jagadisa Pandit |
27th |
Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka Full Moon |
28th |
Month of Madhava begins |
February 2013 |
|
1st |
Disapp. Srila Ramacandra Kaviraja App. Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami |
2nd |
Disapp. Srila Jayadeva Goswami |
3rd |
Disapp. Srila Locana Dasa Thakura |
6th |
Sat-tila Ekadasi |
10th |
New Moon Ganga Sagara Mela |
15th |
App. Srimati
Visnupriya App. Srila Pundarika Vidyanidhi App. Srila Raghunath Dasa Goswami App. Srila Raghunandana Thakura Disapp. Srila Visvanath Cakravati Thakura Vasanta Panchami Sri Sarasvati Puja |
17th |
App. Sri
Advaita Acarya (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
18th |
Sri Bhismastami |
19th |
Disapp. Srila Madhvacarya |
20th |
Disapp. Srila Ramanujacarya |
21st |
Bhaimi Ekadasi |
22nd |
Varaha Dvadasi Appearance
of Lord Varaha (fasting observed till noon on the Ekadasi day before) |
23rd |
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. (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
| 25th | Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava App. Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Full Moon |
| 26th | Month of Govinda begins |
March 2013 |
|
2nd |
HDG Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur
Prabhupada Divine Appearance Day HDG Gauranga Prema Yuga Acarya Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva 17th Divine Disappearance Day (fast till noon, grain prasad) Disapp. Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakura |
8th |
Vijay Ekadasi |
9th |
Disapp. Srila Isvara Puri |
10th |
Maha
Sivarati (fast till noon, ekadasi prasad) |
11th |
New Moon |
12th |
Disapp. Srila
Jagannath Dasa Babaji Disapp. Srila Rasikananda Thakura |
15th |
Srila Purusottama Dasa Thakur's Appearance Day |
23rd |
Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi |
24th |
Disapp. Srila Madhavendra Puri |
27th |
Sri
Gaura Purnima Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu (fast till moonrise, Ekadasi prasad) Full Moon |
28th |
Festival
of Srila Jagannath Misra Month of Visnu begins |
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