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.
14 Oct 2024 |
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 |
Trayodaśī *00:22, G, Sunrise-Set 05:38-17:18, Pūrvabhādra 22:10 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:28 |
16 Oct 2024 |
Caturdaśī 20:43, G, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:17, Uttarabhādra 19:19 |
17 Oct 2024 |
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) |
Dāmodara Māsa |
Gaurābda 538 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98 |
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DATE |
Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends) |
18 Oct 2024 |
Pratipat 13:18, K, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:15, Aśvinī 13:28 +Dāmodara Māsa begins +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhānas Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
19 Oct 2024 |
Dvitīyā 09:51, K, Sunrise-Set 05:40-17:15, Bhāranī 10:48 |
20 Oct 2024 |
Tritīyā 06:48, K, Sunrise-Set 05:40-17:14, Kṛttikā 08:33 +Caturthī up to *04:19 |
21 Oct 2024 |
Pañcamī *02:32, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:13, Rohiṇī 06:52 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktikuśala Narasiṁha Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
22 Oct 2024 |
Ṣaṣṭhī *01:31, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:12, Mṛgaśīrśa 05:52 +Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vicāra Yāyāvara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
23 Oct 2024 |
Saptamī *01:21, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:12, Punarvasu --:--, |
24 Oct 2024 |
Astamī *02:01, K, Sunrise-Set 05:42-17:11, Punarvasu 06:17 +Appearance of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, bathing in Rādhā-kuṇḍa (Snāna-dhan) and giving charity +Bahulāṣṭamī |
25 Oct 2024 |
Navamī *03:25, K, Sunrise-Set 05:42-17:10, Puṣyā 07:41 +Śrīla Vīracandra Prabhu ~ Appearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
26 Oct 2024 |
Daśamī *05:26, K, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:10, Āśleṣā 09:47 |
27 Oct 2024 |
Ekādaśī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:09, Maghā 12:25 +(not suitable for fasting, see following day) |
28 Oct 2024 |
Ekādaśī 07:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:08, P.Phalgunī 15:25 +UNMILANĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ; FASTING FOR Ramā EKĀDAŚĪ |
29 Oct 2024 |
Dvādaśī 10:34, K, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:08, U.Phalgunī 18:35 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:29 +Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu's śubha vijaya at Śrīpāṭa Pāṇihāṭi +Khaṇḍavāsī Śrī Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
30 Oct 2024 |
Trayodaśī 13:18, K, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:07, Hasta 21:45 +Yama Dīpa-dāna |
31 Oct 2024 |
Caturdaśī 15:55, K, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:07, Citrā *00:46 +Yama Caturdaśī ( offering fourteen lamps in temple ) |
1 Nov 2024 |
Amāvasyā 18:19, K, Sunrise-Set 05:46-17:06, Svātī *03:32 +Dīpa-dāna, Dīpāvalī (Festival of lights) |
2 Nov 2024 |
Pratipat 20:24, G, Sunrise-Set 05:46-17:05, Viśākhā --:-- +Śrī Govardhana-pūjā, Annakūṭa Mahotsava, Go-pūjā, Go-kṛda (Worship of Govardhana Hill, and worship and decorating of cows) +Śrī Rasikānanda ~ Appearance +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrīla Bhakti Vijaya Puruṣottama Tīrtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kusum Śramaṇā Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
3 Nov 2024 |
Dvitīyā 22:08, G, Sunrise-Set 05:47-17:05, Viśākhā 06:00 +Śrī Vàsudeva Ghoṣa ~ Disappearance +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Yama-dvitīyā -- The blessing of Yamarāja to his sister, Śrī Yamunā-devī that if brother and sister take bath in Yamunā on this day, they will not go to the abode of Yama after death. |
4 Nov 2024 |
Tritīyā 23:27, G, Sunrise-Set 05:47-17:04, Anurādhā 08:05 |
5 Nov 2024 |
Caturthī *00:19, G, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:04, Jyeṣṭha 09:47 +Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
6 Nov 2024 |
Pañcamī *00:43, G, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:03, Mūlā 11:02 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktiśrīrūpa Siddhānti Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
7 Nov 2024 |
Ṣaṣṭhī *00:37, G, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:03, Purvāṣāḍhā 11:48 |
8 Nov 2024 |
Saptamī 23:59, G, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:03, Uttarāṣāḍhā 12:04 |
9 Nov 2024 |
Astamī 22:47, G, Sunrise-Set 05:50-17:02, Śravaṇā 11:49 +Śrī Gopāṣṭamī, Śrī Goṣṭāṣṭamī, Śrī Go Pūjā, Śrī Go Grāsa Dāna +Śrī Gadādhara dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Dhanañjaya Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya ~ Disappearance |
10 Nov 2024 |
Navamī 21:04, G, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:02, Dhaniṣṭhā 11:01 +Amlā Navamī |
11 Nov 2024 |
Daśamī 18:49, G, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:01, Śatabhiṣā 09:42 |
12 Nov 2024 |
Ekādaśī 16:07, G, Sunrise-Set 05:52-17:01, Pūrvabhādra 07:54 +Uttarabhādra nakṣatra up to *05:42 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Utthāna EKĀDAŚĪ +Śrī Hari Utthāna +Śrīla Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 120th Appearance +Bhīṣma-pañcaka begins |
13 Nov 2024 |
Dvādaśī 13:04, G, Sunrise-Set 05:52-17:01, Revatī *03:12 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:35 |
14 Nov 2024 |
Trayodaśī 09:46, G, Sunrise-Set 05:53-17:01, Aśvinī *00:34 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Suhṛt Akiñcana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
15 Nov 2024 |
Caturdaśī 06:21, G, Sunrise-Set 05:53-17:00, Bhāranī 21:56 +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Rāsa-yātrā +Śrī Nimbāditya ~ Appearance +End of Ūrjā-vrata, Kārtika-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata and Niyama-sevā for those observing from Pūrṇimā +End of Cāturmāsya-vrata for those observing from Pūrṇimā +Keśava Māsa begins +Kātyāyanī-vrata begins - Vraja-devīs take one month vow to please Yogamāya, (Kātyāyanī-devi) to get Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their beloved +End of Akāśa Dīpikā (offering lamp to the sky) +Pūrṇimā up to *03:00 +Śrī Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Kāśīśvara Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Sundarānanda Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
Keśava Māsa |
Gaurābda 538 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98 |
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DATE |
Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends) |
16 Nov 2024 |
Pratipat 23:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:54-17:00, Kṛttikā 19:29 +Sun enters Scorpio |
17 Nov 2024 |
Dvitīyā 21:09, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:00, Rohiṇī 17:24 |
18 Nov 2024 |
Tritīyā 18:58, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:00, Mṛgaśīrśa 15:50 |
19 Nov 2024 |
Caturthī 17:30, K, Sunrise-Set 05:56-16:59, Ārdrā 14:57 |
20 Nov 2024 |
Pañcamī 16:52, K, Sunrise-Set 05:57-16:59, Punarvasu 14:52 +Śrī Kṣetra parikramā |