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

Nārāyaṇa Māsa	Gaurābda 539 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98
DATE	Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends)
5 Dec 2025 Friday	Pratipat 00:58, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:06-16:59, Rohiṇī 11:48 +Kātyāyanī-vrata ends +Nārāyaṇa Māsa begins
6 Dec 2025 Saturday	Dvitīyā 21:28, K, Sunrise-Set 06:07-17:00, Mṛgaśīrśa 08:50
7 Dec 2025 Sunday	Tritīyā 18:27, K, Sunrise-Set 06:07-17:00, Ārdrā 06:15 +Punarvasu nakṣatra up to *04:13
8 Dec 2025 Monday	Caturthī 16:05, K, Sunrise-Set 06:08-17:00, Puṣyā 02:54 +Founder of all Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 89*^th Disappearance festival
9 Dec 2025 Tuesday	Pañcamī 14:31, K, Sunrise-Set 06:09-17:00, Āśleṣā *02:24
10 Dec 2025 Wednesday	Ṣaṣṭhī 13:49, K, Sunrise-Set 06:09-17:01, Maghā *02:46
11 Dec 2025 Thursday	Saptamī 13:59, K, Sunrise-Set 06:10-17:01, P.Phalgunī *03:57
12 Dec 2025 Friday	Astamī 14:59, K, Sunrise-Set 06:11-17:01, U.Phalgunī *05:52
13 Dec 2025 Saturday	Navamī 16:40, K, Sunrise-Set 06:11-17:02, Hasta --:--
14 Dec 2025 Sunday	Daśamī 18:52, K, Sunrise-Set 06:12-17:02, Hasta 08:20
15 Dec 2025 Monday	Ekādaśī 21:22, K, Sunrise-Set 06:12-17:02, Citrā 11:10 +(not suitable for fasting, see following day) +Śrī Devānanda Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
16 Dec 2025 Tuesday	Dvādaśī 00:00, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:13-17:03, Svātī 14:11 +PAKṢA-VARDHINĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Saphala EKĀDAŚĪ +Sun enters Sagittarius +Śrīla Devānanda Pandit ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Bhūdeva Śrautī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Mayūkha Bhāgavata Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
17 Dec 2025 Wednesday	Trayodaśī 02:35, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:13-17:03, Viśākhā 17:13 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:48 IST (UTC + 5:30) +Śrī Mahesa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Uddhāraṇa Daṭṭa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
18 Dec 2025 Thursday	Caturdaśī 05:02, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:14-17:04, Anurādhā 20:08
19 Dec 2025 Friday	Amāvasyā --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:04, Jyeṣṭha 22:53 +bakula amāvāsya, mango flowers (bakula) are being offered to Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Deva
20 Dec 2025 Saturday	Amāvasyā 07:15, K, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:05, Mūlā *01:23

21 Dec 2025 Sunday	Pratipat 09:13, G, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:05, Purvāṣāḍhā *03:38 +Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance +Śrīpad Sundarānanda Prabhu ~ Disappearance
22 Dec 2025 Monday	Dvitīyā 10:54, G, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:06, Uttarāṣāḍhā *05:34
23 Dec 2025 Tuesday	Tritīyā 12:15, G, Sunrise-Set 06:17-17:06, Śravaṇā --:-- +Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
24 Dec 2025 Wednesday	Caturthī 13:14, G, Sunrise-Set 06:17-17:07, Śravaṇā 07:09
25 Dec 2025 Thursday	Pañcamī 13:45, G, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:07, Dhaniṣṭhā 08:20
26 Dec 2025 Friday	Ṣaṣṭhī 13:46, G, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:08, Śatabhiṣā 09:02
27 Dec 2025 Saturday	Saptamī 13:12, G, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:08, Pūrvabhādra 09:11
28 Dec 2025 Sunday	Astamī 12:02, G, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:09, Uttarabhādra 08:45 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāśa Mahāyogī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
29 Dec 2025 Monday	Navamī 10:15, G, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:10, Revatī 07:42 +Aśvinī nakṣatra up to *06:06
30 Dec 2025 Tuesday	Daśamī 07:53, G, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:10, Bhāranī 04:00 +Ekādaśī up to 05:03 +Śāmba Daśamī
31 Dec 2025 Wednesday	Dvādaśī 01:50, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:20-17:11, Kṛttikā 01:31 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Putradā EKĀDAŚĪ* +Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Appearance
1 Jan 2026 Thursday	Trayodaśī 22:24, G, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:11, Rohiṇī 22:50 +Break fast 08:20 - 09:36 IST (UTC + 5:30) +begin of the New Year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar. +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
2 Jan 2026 Friday	Caturdaśī 18:56, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:12, Mṛgaśīrśa 20:06
3 Jan 2026 Saturday	Pūrṇimā 15:35, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:13, Ārdrā 17:29 +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Puṣyā Abhiṣeka +begin of Māgha vrata

Mādhava Māsa	Gaurābda 539 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98
DATE	Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends)
4 Jan 2026 Sunday	Pratipat 12:32, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:13, Punarvasu 15:13 +Mādhava Māsa begins
5 Jan 2026 Monday	Dvitīyā 09:59, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:14, Puṣyā 13:27
6 Jan 2026 Tuesday	Tritīyā 08:04, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:15, Āśleṣā 12:19 +Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Appearance +Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja ~ Disappearance
7 Jan 2026 Wednesday	Caturthī 06:55, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:15, Maghā 11:58
8 Jan 2026 Thursday	Pañcamī 06:36, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:16, P.Phalgunī 12:26 +Śrī Narahari Sevāvigraha - Disappearance +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mission's Founder Ācārya Nityalīlāpraviṣṭa Gaurakṛpā Śrīmūrti Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 113^h Appearance Day Pūjā
9 Jan 2026 Friday	Ṣaṣṭhī 07:08, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:17, U.Phalgunī 13:42 +Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
10 Jan 2026 Saturday	Saptamī 08:26, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:17, Hasta 15:41 +Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
11 Jan 2026 Sunday	Astamī 10:23, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:18, Citrā 18:14
12 Jan 2026 Monday	Navamī 12:45, K, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:19, Svātī 21:07
13 Jan 2026 Tuesday	Daśamī 15:20, K, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:19, Viśākhā *00:08
14 Jan 2026 Wednesday	Ekādaśī 17:55, K, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:20, Anurādhā 03:05 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Ṣaṭ-tilā EKĀDAŚĪ* +Makara-saṅkrānti ~ Celebration of Sun entering Capricorn
15 Jan 2026 Thursday	Dvādaśī 20:19, K, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:21, Jyeṣṭha 05:49 +Break fast 08:24 - 10:00 IST (UTC + 5:30)* +Gaṇgā Sagar Snāna Mela (bathing in Gaṇgā)
16 Jan 2026 Friday	Trayodaśī 22:24, K, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:21, Mūlā --:--
17 Jan 2026 Saturday	Caturdaśī 00:06, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:23-17:22, Mūlā 08:14
18 Jan 2026 Sunday	Amāvasyā 01:24, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:23-17:23, Purvāṣāḍhā 10:16 +Śrīla Śrī Niketana Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

19 Jan 2026 Monday	Pratipat 02:17, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:23-17:23, Uttarāṣāḍhā 11:54 +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhānas Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
20 Jan 2026 Tuesday	Dvitīyā 02:45, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:23-17:24, Śravaṇā 13:08
21 Jan 2026 Wednesday	Tritīyā 02:50, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:22-17:25, Dhaniṣṭhā 14:00
22 Jan 2026 Thursday	Caturthī 02:31, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:22-17:25, Śatabhiṣā 14:29
23 Jan 2026 Friday	Pañcamī 01:48, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:22-17:26, Pūrvabhādra 14:35 +Vasanta pañcamī +Sarasvatī-pūjā +Śrīmatī Viṣṇupriya-devī ~ Appearance +Śrī Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi ~ Appearance +Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Appearance +Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance +Śrī Raghunandana Ṭhākura ~ Appearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vivek Bharti Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Svarūpa Parvata Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
24 Jan 2026 Saturday	Ṣaṣṭhī 00:42, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:22-17:27, Uttarabhādra 14:18
25 Jan 2026 Sunday	Saptamī 23:13, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:27, Revatī 13:37 +Maha-viṣṇu-avatāra Śrī Advaita Ācārya ~ Appearance - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only
26 Jan 2026 Monday	Astamī 21:20, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:28, Aśvinī 12:34 +Break fast 06:22 - 10:04 IST (UTC + 5:30)
27 Jan 2026 Tuesday	Navamī 19:08, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:29, Bhāranī 11:10 +Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Disappearance
28 Jan 2026 Wednesday	Daśamī 16:38, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:29, Kṛttikā 09:28 +Śrī Rāmānujācārya ~ Disappearance
29 Jan 2026 Thursday	Ekādaśī 13:57, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:30, Rohiṇī 07:33 +Mṛgaśīrśa nakṣatra up to 05:31 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Bhaimi EKĀDAŚĪ*
30 Jan 2026 Friday	Dvādaśī 11:11, G, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:31, Ārdrā 03:29 +Break fast after completion of* Varāhadeva's arcana 08:24 - 09:43 IST (UTC + 5:30) +Varāha Dvādaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Varāhadeva
31 Jan 2026 Saturday	Trayodaśī 08:28, G, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:31, Punarvasu 01:36 +Caturdaśī up to 05:55 +Nityānanda Trayodaśī ~ Appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only
1 Feb 2026 Sunday	Pūrṇimā 03:41, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:20-17:32, Puṣyā 00:00 +Break fast 08:24 - 10:01 IST (UTC + 5:30)* +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Madhura-utsava +Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Bhakti Priya Mādhava Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Festival in remembrance of Śrīmān Mahāprabhu's sannyāsa-lila +Manifestation of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Gopināth in Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma

Govinda Māsa	Gaurābda 539 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98
DATE	Tithi (ends), Pakṣa, Sunrise/Set, Nakṣatra (ends)
2 Feb 2026 Monday	Pratipat 01:55, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:20-17:33, Āśleṣā 22:49 +Govinda Māsa begins
3 Feb 2026 Tuesday	Dvitīyā 00:43, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:19-17:33, Maghā 22:12
4 Feb 2026 Wednesday	Tritīyā 00:12, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:19-17:34, P.Phalgunī 22:14 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
5 Feb 2026 Thursday	Caturthī 00:25, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:18-17:34, U.Phalgunī 22:59
6 Feb 2026 Friday	Pañcamī 01:21, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:18-17:35, Hasta 00:26 +Founder of all Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 152nd Appearance festival* +Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Bhūdeva Śrautī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
7 Feb 2026 Saturday	Ṣaṣṭhī 02:57, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:17-17:36, Citrā *02:30 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sāraṅga Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
8 Feb 2026 Sunday	Saptamī 05:04, K, Sunrise-Set* 06:17-17:36, Svātī *05:04
9 Feb 2026 Monday	Astamī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:37, Viśākhā --:--
10 Feb 2026 Tuesday	Astamī 07:30, K, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:37, Viśākhā 07:57
11 Feb 2026 Wednesday	Navamī 10:01, K, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:38, Anurādhā 10:55
12 Feb 2026 Thursday	Daśamī 12:25, K, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:38, Jyeṣṭha 13:44,
13 Feb 2026 Friday	Ekādaśī 14:28, K, Sunrise-Set 06:14-17:39, Mūlā 16:14 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Vijaya or Paṅkoddhāra EKĀDAŚĪ +Sun enters Aquarius
14 Feb 2026 Saturday	Dvādaśī 16:04, K, Sunrise-Set 06:14-17:39, Purvāṣāḍhā 18:18 +Break fast 08:24 - 10:00 IST (UTC + 5:30) +Śrī Īśvara Purī ~ Disappearance
15 Feb 2026 Sunday	Trayodaśī 17:07, K, Sunrise-Set 06:13-17:40, Uttarāṣāḍhā 19:50
16 Feb 2026 Monday	Caturdaśī 17:36, K, Sunrise-Set 06:13-17:40, Śravaṇā 20:49 +Śrī Śrī Mahā-Śiva-rātri-vrata (fast - Ekādaśī preparations only)
17 Feb 2026 Tuesday	Amāvasyā 17:33, K, Sunrise-Set 06:12-17:41, Dhaniṣṭhā 21:18 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:59 IST (UTC + 5:30) +annular solar eclipse (not visible in Balasore): 15:26:43 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Feb 17] - start of eclipse 17:13:00 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Feb 17] - start ofannularity/totality 17:41:49 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Feb 17] - maximum eclipse point 18:11:00 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Feb 17] - end of annularity/totality 19:57:35 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Feb 17] - end of eclipse

18 Feb 2026 Wednesday	Pratipat 17:00, G, Sunrise-Set 06:11-17:41, Śatabhiṣā 21:18 +Vaiṣṇava Sārvabhauma Śrī Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Rasikānanda Deva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 47^th Disappearance
19 Feb 2026 Thursday	Dvitīyā 16:01, G, Sunrise-Set 06:11-17:42, Pūrvabhādra 20:54
20 Feb 2026 Friday	Tritīyā 14:41, G, Sunrise-Set 06:10-17:42, Uttarabhādra 20:09
21 Feb 2026 Saturday	Caturthī 13:03, G, Sunrise-Set 06:09-17:43, Revatī 19:09 +Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Appearance
22 Feb 2026 Sunday	Pañcamī 11:12, G, Sunrise-Set 06:09-17:43, Aśvinī 17:56 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vivek Bhāratī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
23 Feb 2026 Monday	Ṣaṣṭhī 09:12, G, Sunrise-Set 06:08-17:44, Bhāranī 16:35 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sarvasva Govinda Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
24 Feb 2026 Tuesday	Saptamī 07:04, G, Sunrise-Set 06:07-17:44, Kṛttikā 15:09 +Astamī up to 04:54 +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mission's Founder Ācārya Nityalīlāpraviṣṭa Gaurakṛpā Śrīmūrti Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja 17^th Vraja Vijaya Mahotsava ~ Disappearance*
25 Feb 2026 Wednesday	Navamī 02:43, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:06-17:45, Rohiṇī 13:40
26 Feb 2026 Thursday	Daśamī 00:36, G, Sunrise-Set* 06:06-17:45, Mṛgaśīrśa 12:13
27 Feb 2026 Friday	Ekādaśī 22:35, G, Sunrise-Set 06:05-17:46, Ārdrā 10:50 +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Āmalakī EKĀDAŚĪ
28 Feb 2026 Saturday	Dvādaśī 20:46, G, Sunrise-Set 06:04-17:46, Punarvasu 09:37 +Break fast 08:24 - 09:55 IST (UTC + 5:30) +Śrī Mādhavendra Purī ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Hṛdayānanda Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
1 Mar 2026 Sunday	Trayodaśī 19:12, G, Sunrise-Set 06:03-17:46, Puṣyā 08:36
2 Mar 2026 Monday	Caturdaśī 17:58, G, Sunrise-Set 06:02-17:47, Āśleṣā 07:53,
3 Mar 2026 Tuesday	Pūrṇimā 17:10, G, Sunrise-Set 06:02-17:47, Maghā 07:33 +Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā - Appearance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu - Fast till moonrise, then Ekādaśī preparations only +Śrī Śrī Radhā Govinda Vasanta Utsava +Dolayātrā +total lunar eclipse (observe at Balasore from moon rise at 17:47 to end of partial phase at 18.47): 14:14:20 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - start of penumbral phase 15:20:01 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - start of partial phase 16:34:28 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - start of totality phase 17:03:37 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - Maximum eclipse point 17:32:47 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - end of totality phase 18:47:14 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - end of partial phase 19:53:03 [IST (UTC + 5:30), Mar 3] - end of penumbral phase

Viṣṇu Māsa

Gaurābda 540 - Kṛṣṇakal 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