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

Viṣṇu Māsa

Gaurābda 540 - Kṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

4 Mar 2026
Wednesday

Pratipat 16:51, K, Sunrise-Set 06:01-17:48, P.Phalgunī 07:41

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:54 IST (UTC + 5:30)

+Viṣṇu Māsa begins

+Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Miśra Ānanda-utsava

+Holi

+Gaurābda 540 begins

5 Mar 2026
Thursday

Dvitīyā 17:06, K, Sunrise-Set 06:00-17:48, U.Phalgunī 08:19

6 Mar 2026
Friday

Tritīyā 17:56, K, Sunrise-Set 05:59-17:48, Hasta 09:31

+Arrival of Mahāprabhu in Kumāra-haṭṭa, Śrī Īśvara Purī birthplace

7 Mar 2026
Saturday

Caturthī 19:20, K, Sunrise-Set 05:58-17:49, Citrā 11:17

8 Mar 2026
Sunday

Pañcamī 21:13, K, Sunrise-Set 05:57-17:49, Svātī 13:33

+Śrī Kṇa Pañcamī Dola-yātrā in Champākhaṭṭa

9 Mar 2026
Monday

Ṣaṣṭhī 23:30, K, Sunrise-Set 05:57-17:49, Viśākhā 16:13

10 Mar 2026
Tuesday

Saptamī *01:57, K, Sunrise-Set 05:56-17:50, Anurādhā 19:07

11 Mar 2026
Wednesday

Astamī *04:22, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:50, Jyeṣṭha 22:02

+Śrī Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita ~ Appearance

12 Mar 2026
Thursday

Navamī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 05:54-17:51, Mūlā *00:45

13 Mar 2026
Friday

Navamī 06:31, K, Sunrise-Set 05:53-17:51, Purvāṣāḍhā *03:05

14 Mar 2026
Saturday

Daśamī 08:13, K, Sunrise-Set 05:52-17:51, Uttarāṣāḍhā *04:51

15 Mar 2026
Sunday

Ekādaśī 09:19, K, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:52, Śravaṇā --:--

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Pāpamocani EKĀDAŚĪ

+Sun enters Pisces

16 Mar 2026
Monday

Dvādaśī 09:43, K, Sunrise-Set 05:50-17:52, Śravaṇā 05:58

+Break fast 05:50 - 07:59 IST (UTC + 5:30)

+ Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu departure for Varāhanagara

+Śrī Govinda Ghoṣa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

17 Mar 2026
Tuesday

Trayodaśī 09:25, K, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:52, Dhaniṣṭhā 06:24

18 Mar 2026
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 08:28, K, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:53, Śatabhiṣā 06:11

+Pūrvabhādra nakṣatra up to *05:23

19 Mar 2026
Thursday

Amāvasyā 06:55, K, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:53, Uttarabhādra *04:07

+Pratipat up to *04:55

20 Mar 2026
Friday

Dvitīyā *02:33, G, Sunrise-Set 05:47-17:53, Revatī *02:29

21 Mar 2026
Saturday

Tritīyā 23:59, G, Sunrise-Set 05:46-17:54, Aśvinī *00:39

22 Mar 2026
Sunday

Caturthī 21:19, G, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:54, Bhāranī 22:44

23 Mar 2026
Monday

Pañcamī 18:41, G, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:54, Kṛttikā 20:51

+Śrī Rāmānujācārya ~ Appearance

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Hṛdaya Vana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

24 Mar 2026
Tuesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 16:10, G, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:55, Rohiṇī 19:07

25 Mar 2026
Wednesday

Saptamī 13:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:42-17:55, Mṛgaśīrśa 17:35

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilāsa Tīrtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

26 Mar 2026
Thursday

Astamī 11:51, G, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:55, Ārdrā 16:21

27 Mar 2026
Friday

Navamī 10:09, G, Sunrise-Set 05:40-17:55, Punarvasu 15:26

+Rāma-navamī ~ Appearance of Lord Śrī Rāmacandra - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only

28 Mar 2026
Saturday

Daśamī 08:48, G, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:56, Puṣyā 14:52

+Break fast 08:24 - 08:48 IST (UTC + 5:30)

29 Mar 2026
Sunday

Ekādaśī 07:49, G, Sunrise-Set 05:38-17:56, Āśleṣā 14:40

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Kāmadā EKĀDAŚĪ

30 Mar 2026
Monday

Dvādaśī 07:12, G, Sunrise-Set 05:37-17:56, Maghā 14:50

+Break fast 05:37 - 07:12 IST (UTC + 5:30)

+Śrī Kṇa’s Damanaka-ropana-utsava

+ Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pradīpa Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

31 Mar 2026
Tuesday

Trayodaśī 06:58, G, Sunrise-Set 05:37-17:57, P.Phalgunī 15:22

 

1 Apr 2026
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 07:09, G, Sunrise-Set 05:36-17:57, U.Phalgunī 16:19

 

2 Apr 2026
Thursday

Pūrṇimā 07:44, G, Sunrise-Set 05:35-17:57, Hasta 17:40

+Śrī Balarāma Rāsa-yātrā

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Vasanta-rāsa

+Śrī Vaṁśivadanānanda Gosvāmī ~ Appearance

+Śrī Śyāmānanda Prabhu ~ Appearance

 

Madhusūdana Māsa

Gaurābda 540 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

 

DATE

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

 

3 Apr 2026
Friday

Pratipat 08:45, K, Sunrise-Set 05:34-17:58, Citrā 19:27

+Madhusūdana Māsa begins

 

4 Apr 2026
Saturday

Dvitīyā 10:11, K, Sunrise-Set 05:33-17:58, Svātī 21:37

 

5 Apr 2026
Sunday

Tritīyā 12:02, K, Sunrise-Set 05:32-17:58, Viśākhā *00:10

 

6 Apr 2026
Monday

Caturthī 14:13, K, Sunrise-Set 05:31-17:59, Anurādhā *02:58

 

7 Apr 2026
Tuesday

Pañcamī 16:37, K, Sunrise-Set 05:30-17:59, Jyeṣṭha --:--

+Śrī Kṛṣṇadāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

 

8 Apr 2026
Wednesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 19:04, K, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:59, Jyeṣṭha 05:56

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

 

9 Apr 2026
Thursday

Saptamī 21:22, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-18:00, Mūlā 08:50

+Śrī Abhirāma Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

 

10 Apr 2026
Friday

Astamī 23:18, K, Sunrise-Set 05:28-18:00, Purvāṣāḍhā 11:30

 

11 Apr 2026
Saturday

Navamī *00:40, K, Sunrise-Set 05:27-18:00, Uttarāṣāḍhā 13:41

 

12 Apr 2026
Sunday

Daśamī *01:19, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-18:01, Śravaṇā 15:16

+Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

 

13 Apr 2026
Monday

Ekādaśī *01:11, K, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:01, Dhaniṣṭhā 16:05

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Varūthinī EKĀDAŚĪ

 

14 Apr 2026
Tuesday

Dvādaśī *00:15, K, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:01, Śatabhiṣā 16:08

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:30 IST (UTC + 5:30)

+Beginning of Śālagrāma and Tulasī-jala dāna

+Śrī Keśava-vrata ( constant watering of Tulasī with overhanging pot drip )

+Sun enters Aries

 

15 Apr 2026
Wednesday

Trayodaśī 22:34, K, Sunrise-Set 05:23-18:02, Pūrvabhādra 15:24

 

16 Apr 2026
Thursday

Caturdaśī 20:14, K, Sunrise-Set 05:23-18:02, Uttarabhādra 14:01

 

17 Apr 2026
Friday

Amāvasyā 17:24, K, Sunrise-Set 05:22-18:02, Revatī 12:04

+Śrī Gadādhara Paṇḍita ~ Appearance

 

18 Apr 2026
Saturday

Pratipat 14:13, G, Sunrise-Set 05:21-18:03, Aśvinī 09:44

 

19 Apr 2026
Sunday

Dvitīyā 10:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:20-18:03, Bhāranī 07:12

+Kṛttikā nakṣatra up to *04:37

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vicāra Yāyāvara Gosvāmī Mahārāja - Appearance

 

20 Apr 2026
Monday

Tritīyā 07:30, G, Sunrise-Set 05:19-18:03, Rohiṇī *02:10

+Caturthī up to *04:17

+Akṣaya Tritīyā (Auspicious day to start new projects)

+Candana-yātrā of Lord Jagannātha starts, lasts for 21 days

+Opening the doors of Śrī Badrīnārāyaṇa

 

21 Apr 2026
Tuesday

Pañcamī *01:22, G, Sunrise-Set 05:19-18:04, Mṛgaśīrśa *00:00

+Śrīpāda Śaṅkarācārya ~ Appearance

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilāsa Gabhastinemi Gosvāmī Mahārāja - Appearance

 

22 Apr 2026
Wednesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 22:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:18-18:04, Ārdrā 22:15

 

23 Apr 2026
Thursday

Saptamī 20:51, G, Sunrise-Set 05:17-18:05, Punarvasu 20:59

+Jahnu saptamī (Śrī Jāhnavā pūjā)

 

24 Apr 2026
Friday

Astamī 19:24, G, Sunrise-Set 05:16-18:05, Puṣyā 20:16

 

25 Apr 2026
Saturday

Navamī 18:30, G, Sunrise-Set 05:16-18:05, Āśleṣā 20:06

+Śrīmatī Sītā-devī (consort of Lord Rāma) ~ Appearance

+Śrīmatī Jāhnavā-devī (consort of Lord Nityānanda) ~ Appearance

+Śrī Madhu Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

 

26 Apr 2026
Sunday

Daśamī 18:09, G, Sunrise-Set 05:15-18:06, Maghā 20:29

 

27 Apr 2026
Monday

Ekādaśī 18:18, G, Sunrise-Set 05:14-18:06, P.Phalgunī 21:20

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING for Mohinī EKĀDAŚĪ

 

28 Apr 2026
Tuesday

Dvādaśī 18:54, G, Sunrise-Set 05:13-18:06, U.Phalgunī 22:38

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:27 IST (UTC + 5:30)

 

29 Apr 2026
Wednesday

Trayodaśī 19:54, G, Sunrise-Set 05:13-18:07, Hasta *00:18

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sarvasva Govinda Mahārāja ~ Appearance

 

30 Apr 2026
Thursday

Caturdaśī 21:15, G, Sunrise-Set 05:12-18:07, Citrā *02:18

+Nṛsiṃha-caturdaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Nṛsiṃhadeva - Fast till dusk then Ekādaśī preparations only

 

1 May 2026
Friday

Pūrṇimā 22:55, G, Sunrise-Set 05:11-18:08, Svātī *04:37

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:27 IST (UTC + 5:30)

+Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Ramaṇa Deva Ji ~ Appearance

+Salila Vihāra and Śrī Kṛṣṇa Phula Dolā (for 21 days Śrī Jagannātha deva and Madan Mohan are taken on a boat at Narendra Sarovar in Jagannātha Purī)

+Śrī Mādhavendra Purī ~ Appearance

+Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya ~ Appearance

+Śrī Parameśvarī Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

     

 

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