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.

 

27 Aug 2023
Sunday

Ekādaśī 21:35, G, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:04, Mūlā 07:17

+Purvāṣāḍhā nakṣatra up to *05:16

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Pavitropana EKĀDAŚĪ

+Rādhā-Govinda Jhūlana-yātrā begins (swing festival)

+Fasting for 2nd month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Ekādaśī

28 Aug 2023
Monday

Dvādaśī 18:25, G, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:03, Uttarāṣāḍhā *02:44

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:33

+ Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Pavitropana Utsava

+Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Govinda dāsa ~ Disappearance

29 Aug 2023
Tuesday

Trayodaśī 14:50, G, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:02, Śravaṇā 23:51

30 Aug 2023
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 11:01, G, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:01, Dhaniṣṭhā 20:48

31 Aug 2023
Thursday

Pūrṇimā 07:07, G, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:00, Śatabhiṣā 17:46

+Pratipat up to *03:21

+Rādhā-Govinda Jhūlana-yātrā ends

+Appearance of Lord Balarāma - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only

+Rakśa-bandhāna

+Fasting for 2nd month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today for those observing from Pūrṇimā

+Fast from yogurt for one month

September - Hṛṣīkeśa Māsa - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

1 Sep 2023
Friday

Dvitīyā 23:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:59, Pūrvabhādra 14:57

+Break fast 05:26 - 09:37

+Hṛṣīkeśa Māsa begins

2 Sep 2023
Saturday

Tritīyā 20:52, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:58, Uttarabhādra 12:32

3 Sep 2023
Sunday

Caturthī 18:27, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:57, Revatī 10:39

4 Sep 2023
Monday

Pañcamī 16:44, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:56, Aśvinī 09:28

5 Sep 2023
Tuesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 15:48, K, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:55, Bhāranī 09:01

6 Sep 2023
Wednesday

Saptamī 15:40, K, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:55, Kṛttikā 09:21

7 Sep 2023
Thursday

Astamī 16:17, K, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:54, Rohiṇī 10:26

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī: Appearance of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa - Fast till midnight, then Ekādaśī preparations only

+Śrī Śrī Jayantī

8 Sep 2023
Friday

Navamī 17:33, K, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:53, Mṛgaśīrśa 12:10

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:31

+Śrī Nandotsava

+Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

9 Sep 2023
Saturday

Daśamī 19:20, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:52, Ārdrā 14:27

10 Sep 2023
Sunday

Ekādaśī 21:31, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:51, Punarvasu 17:07

+(not suitable for fasting, see following day)

11 Sep 2023
Monday

Dvādaśī 23:55, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:50, Puṣyā 20:02

+PAKṢA-VARDHINĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Annadā EKĀDAŚĪ

12 Sep 2023
Tuesday

Trayodaśī *02:24, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:49, Āśleṣā 23:02

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:31

13 Sep 2023
Wednesday

Caturdaśī *04:51, K, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:48, Maghā *02:02

14 Sep 2023
Thursday

Amāvasyā --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:47, P.Phalgunī *04:55

+Saptapurī Amāvasyā

15 Sep 2023
Friday

Amāvasyā 07:12, K, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:46, U.Phalgunī --:--

16 Sep 2023
Saturday

Pratipat 09:20, G, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:45, U.Phalgunī 07:37

17 Sep 2023
Sunday

Dvitīyā 11:11, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:44, Hasta 10:03

+Sun enters Virgo

18 Sep 2023
Monday

Tritīyā 12:42, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:43, Citrā 12:09

19 Sep 2023
Tuesday

Caturthī 13:45, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:42, Svātī 13:49

+Śrī Gaṇeśa Caturthī

20 Sep 2023
Wednesday

Pañcamī 14:19, G, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:41, Viśākhā 15:00

+Śrīmatī Sītā Ṭhākurāṇī (Śrī Advaita's consort) ~ Appearance

21 Sep 2023
Thursday

Ṣaṣṭhī 14:17, G, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:40, Anurādhā 15:36

22 Sep 2023
Friday

Saptamī 13:38, G, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:39, Jyeṣṭha 15:35

+Śrī Lalitā Saptamī ~Appearance of Śrī Lalitā-devī

23 Sep 2023
Saturday

Astamī 12:20, G, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:38, Mūlā 14:57

+Śrī Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī vrata ~ Appearance of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī at noon time

24 Sep 2023
Sunday

Navamī 10:26, G, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:37, Purvāṣāḍhā 13:43

25 Sep 2023
Monday

Daśamī 07:58, G, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:36, Uttarāṣāḍhā 11:56,

+Ekādaśī up to *05:03

26 Sep 2023
Tuesday

Dvādaśī *01:48, G, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:35, Śravaṇā 09:43

+VIJAYA MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Pārśva EKĀDAŚĪ

+Śrī Vāmana Dvādaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Vāmanadeva

+Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Appearance

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

27 Sep 2023
Wednesday

Trayodaśī 22:21, G, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:34, Dhaniṣṭhā 07:11

+Śatabhiṣā nakṣatra up to *04:30

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:29

+Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

28 Sep 2023
Thursday

Caturdaśī 18:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:33, Pūrvabhādra *01:49

+Nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Ananta Caturdaśī vrata

29 Sep 2023
Friday

Pūrṇimā 15:29, G, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:33, Uttarabhādra 23:19

+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.

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