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.

 

16 Aug 2024
Friday

Ekādaśī 09:42, G, Sunrise-Set 05:21-18:12, Mūlā 12:45

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Pavitrāropaṇī EKĀDAŚĪ

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

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

+Sun enters Leo

17 Aug 2024
Saturday

Dvādaśī 08:08, G, Sunrise-Set 05:21-18:11, Purvāṣāḍhā 11:50

+Break fast 05:21 - 08:08

+ Śrī Kṛṣṇa's Pavitropana Utsava

+Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Gaurīdāsa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Govinda dāsa ~ Disappearance

18 Aug 2024
Sunday

Trayodaśī 05:54, G, Sunrise-Set 05:22-18:10, Uttarāṣāḍhā 10:16

+Caturdaśī up to *03:07

19 Aug 2024
Monday

Pūrṇimā 23:58, G, Sunrise-Set 05:22-18:10, Śravaṇā 08:12

+Rādhā-Govinda Jhūlana-yātrā ends

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

+Rākśī-bandhana

+Śrīla Ānandalīḷāmaya Vigrahadāsa Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

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

+Fast from yogurt for one month

Hṛṣīkeśa Māsa

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DATE

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

20 Aug 2024
Tuesday

Pratipat 20:35, K, Sunrise-Set 05:22-18:09, Dhaniṣṭhā 05:47

+Śatabhiṣā nakṣatra up to *03:11

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:30

+Hṛṣīkeśa Māsa begins

21 Aug 2024
Wednesday

Dvitīyā 17:09, K, Sunrise-Set 05:23-18:08, Pūrvabhādra *00:35

22 Aug 2024
Thursday

Tritīyā 13:48, K, Sunrise-Set 05:23-18:07, Uttarabhādra 22:07

23 Aug 2024
Friday

Caturthī 10:41, K, Sunrise-Set 05:23-18:06, Revatī 19:55

24 Aug 2024
Saturday

Pañcamī 07:54, K, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:05, Aśvinī 18:07

25 Aug 2024
Sunday

Ṣaṣṭhī 05:33, K, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:05, Bhāranī 16:46

+Saptamī up to *03:41

26 Aug 2024
Monday

Astamī *02:22, K, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:04, Kṛttikā 15:57

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

27 Aug 2024
Tuesday

Navamī *01:36, K, Sunrise-Set 05:24-18:03, Rohiṇī 15:39

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:00

+Nandotsava

+Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

28 Aug 2024
Wednesday

Daśamī *01:22, K, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:02, Mṛgaśīrśa 15:54

29 Aug 2024
Thursday

Ekādaśī *01:40, K, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:01, Ārdrā 16:41

+(not suitable for fasting, see following day)

30 Aug 2024
Friday

Dvādaśī *02:28, K, Sunrise-Set 05:25-18:00, Punarvasu 17:57

+PAKṢA-VARDHINĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Annadā EKĀDAŚĪ

31 Aug 2024
Saturday

Trayodaśī *03:43, K, Sunrise-Set 05:25-17:59, Puṣyā 19:41

+Break fast 08:04 - 09:37

1 Sep 2024
Sunday

Caturdaśī *05:24, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:58, Āśleṣā 21:50

2 Sep 2024
Monday

Amāvasyā --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:58, Maghā *00:21

+Saptapurī Amāvāsyā

3 Sep 2024
Tuesday

Amāvasyā 07:27, K, Sunrise-Set 05:26-17:57, P.Phalgunī *03:12

4 Sep 2024
Wednesday

Pratipat 09:49, G, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:56, U.Phalgunī --:--,

5 Sep 2024
Thursday

Dvitīyā 12:24, G, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:55, U.Phalgunī 06:16

6 Sep 2024
Friday

Tritīyā 15:04, G, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:54, Hasta 09:26

7 Sep 2024
Saturday

Caturthī 17:40, G, Sunrise-Set 05:27-17:53, Citrā 12:35

+Śrī Gaṇeśa Caturthī

8 Sep 2024
Sunday

Pañcamī 20:01, G, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:52, Svātī 15:32

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

9 Sep 2024
Monday

Ṣaṣṭhī 21:56, G, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:51, Viśākhā 18:05

10 Sep 2024
Tuesday

Saptamī 23:14, G, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:50, Anurādhā 20:05

+Appearance of Śrī Lalitā-devī

11 Sep 2024
Wednesday

Astamī 23:49, G, Sunrise-Set 05:28-17:49, Jyeṣṭha 21:23

+Rādhāṣṭamī ~ Appearance of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī

12 Sep 2024
Thursday

Navamī 23:35, G, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:48, Mūlā 21:54

13 Sep 2024
Friday

Daśamī 22:33, G, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:47, Purvāṣāḍhā 21:37

14 Sep 2024
Saturday

Ekādaśī 20:44, G, Sunrise-Set 05:29-17:46, Uttarāṣāḍhā 20:34

+(not suitable for fasting, see following day)

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

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