Vaishnava Calendar

Festivals and Observances

Calculation of date and time is for Balasore, Odisha, India 086E55 21N29 +5.30.

The date of festivals and observances and the parana time (time to break the fast) may be different in other places.

Changes, errors and typos reserved.

 

15 Sep 2024
Sunday

Dvādaśī 18:14, G, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:45, Śravaṇā 18:50

+VIJAYĀ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Pārśva EKĀDAŚĪ

+Fasting for 3rd month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Ekādaśī

+Śrī Vāmana Dvādaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Vāmanadeva

+Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Appearance

16 Sep 2024
Monday

Trayodaśī 15:12, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:44, Dhaniṣṭhā 16:34

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:30

+Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

+Sun enters Virgo

17 Sep 2024
Tuesday

Caturdaśī 11:47, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:43, Śatabhiṣā 13:55

+Nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Ananta Caturdaśī-vrata

18 Sep 2024
Wednesday

Pūrṇimā 08:06, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:42, Pūrvabhādra 11:02

+Pratipat up to *04:22

+Śrī Viśvarūpa-mahotsava

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhāgavata-janma

+Fasting for 3rd month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Pūrṇimā

+Fasting from milk for one month, continue fast for two months from eggplants, tomatoes (if possible), loki, parmal, urad dahl and honey. Shaving (if so desired) for brahmacārīs and sannyāsis.

+partial lunar eclipse (not visible at Balasore):
06:11:04 (Sep 18) - start of penumbral phase
07:42:42 (Sep 18) - start of partial phase
08:14:14 (Sep 18) - Maximum eclipse point
08:45:47 (Sep 18) - end of partial phase
10:17:23 (Sep 18) - end of penumbral phase

Padmanābha Māsa

Gaurābda 538 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends)

19 Sep 2024
Thursday

Dvitīyā *00:42, K, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:41, Uttarabhādra 08:05

+Revatī nakṣatra up to *05:16

+Padmanābha Māsa begins

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilāsa Tīrtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

20 Sep 2024
Friday

Tritīyā 21:17, K, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:40, Aśvinī *02:44

21 Sep 2024
Saturday

Caturthī 18:16, K, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:39, Bhāranī *00:37

22 Sep 2024
Sunday

Pañcamī 15:46, K, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:38, Kṛttikā 23:04

23 Sep 2024
Monday

Ṣaṣṭhī 13:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:38, Rohiṇī 22:09

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktiśrīrūpa Siddhānti Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

24 Sep 2024
Tuesday

Saptamī 12:41, K, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:37, Mṛgaśīrśa 21:55

25 Sep 2024
Wednesday

Astamī 12:13, K, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:36, Ārdrā 22:25

26 Sep 2024
Thursday

Navamī 12:28, K, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:35, Punarvasu 23:35

27 Sep 2024
Friday

Daśamī 13:23, K, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:34, Puṣyā *01:22

28 Sep 2024
Saturday

Ekādaśī 14:52, K, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:33, Āśleṣā *03:39

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Indirā EKĀDAŚĪ

29 Sep 2024
Sunday

Dvādaśī 16:50, K, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:32, Maghā --:--

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:29

30 Sep 2024
Monday

Trayodaśī 19:09, K, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:31, Maghā 06:20

1 Oct 2024
Tuesday

Caturdaśī 21:42, K, Sunrise-Set 05:34-17:30, P.Phalgunī 09:17

2 Oct 2024
Wednesday

Amāvasyā *00:21, K, Sunrise-Set 05:34-17:29, U.Phalgunī 12:24

+Mahālayā Amāvāsyā

+annular solar eclipse (not visible at Balasore):
21:12:59 (Oct 2) - start of eclipse
22:20:36 (Oct 2) - start ofannularity/totality
00:15:01 (Oct 3) - maximum eclipse point
02:09:06 (Oct 3) - end of annularity/totality
03:16:42 (Oct 3) - end of eclipse

3 Oct 2024
Thursday

Pratipat *03:01, G, Sunrise-Set 05:34-17:28, Hasta 15:34

4 Oct 2024
Friday

Dvitīyā *05:33, G, Sunrise-Set 05:34-17:27, Citrā 18:39

5 Oct 2024
Saturday

Tritīyā --:--, G, Sunrise-Set 05:35-17:26, Svātī 21:34

6 Oct 2024
Sunday

Tritīyā 07:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:35-17:25, Viśākhā *00:12

7 Oct 2024
Monday

Caturthī 09:50, G, Sunrise-Set 05:35-17:24, Anurādhā *02:26

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

8 Oct 2024
Tuesday

Pañcamī 11:20, G, Sunrise-Set 05:36-17:24, Jyeṣṭha *04:10

9 Oct 2024
Wednesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 12:17, G, Sunrise-Set 05:36-17:23, Mūlā *05:16

10 Oct 2024
Thursday

Saptamī 12:34, G, Sunrise-Set 05:36-17:22, Purvāṣāḍhā --:--

11 Oct 2024
Friday

Astamī 12:09, G, Sunrise-Set 05:37-17:21, Purvāṣāḍhā 05:43

+Uttarāṣāḍhā nakṣatra up to *05:27

12 Oct 2024
Saturday

Navamī 11:01, G, Sunrise-Set 05:37-17:20, Śravaṇā *04:29

13 Oct 2024
Sunday

Daśamī 09:11, G, Sunrise-Set 05:37-17:19, Dhaniṣṭhā *02:53

+Rāmacandra Vijayotsava

+Daśaharā Utsava

+Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Appearance

14 Oct 2024
Monday

Ekādaśī 06:44, G, Sunrise-Set 05:38-17:18, Śatabhiṣā *00:44

+Dvādaśī up to *03:45

+TRISPṚṢĀ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Pāśānkuṣā EKĀDAŚĪ

+Fasting and special rules for 4th month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Ekādaśī

+Beginning of Ūrjā-vrata, Kārtika-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata and Niyama-sevā for those observing from Ekādaśī

+Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

15 Oct 2024
Tuesday

Trayodaśī *00:22, G, Sunrise-Set 05:38-17:18, Pūrvabhādra 22:10

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:28

16 Oct 2024
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 20:43, G, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:17, Uttarabhādra 19:19

17 Oct 2024
Thursday

Pūrṇimā 16:58, G, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:16, Revatī 16:22

+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 for those observing from Pūrṇimā

+Fasting and special rules for 4th month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Pūrṇimā

+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.

+Sun enters Libra

+Ākāśa Dīpikā begins (offering lamp to the sky for one solar month)

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