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.
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25 Sep 2018 |
Pūrṇimā, G, 05:32, Uttarabhādra +Śrī Viśvarūpa-mahotsava +Sannyāsa day of Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Mahārāja +Sannyāsa day of Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja +Fasting for 3rd month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today +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 sannyāsais. |
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Padmanābha |
Gaurābda 532 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97 |
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Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra |
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5 Oct 2018 |
Ekādaśī, K, 05:35, Āśleṣā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Indira EKADASI |
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6 Oct 2018 |
Dvādaśī, K, 05:35, Maghā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:30 |
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8 Oct 2018 |
Amāvasyā, K, 05:36, U.Phalgunī +Mahālayā Amāvasyā |
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12 Oct 2018 |
Caturthī, G, 05:37, Viśākhā +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
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17 Oct 2018 |
Astamī, G, 05:39, Uttarāṣāḍhā +Sun enters Libra +Ākāśa Dīpikā begins (offering lamp to the sky for one solar month) |
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19 Oct 2018 |
Daśamī, G, 05:40, Dhaniṣṭhā +Śrī Rāmacandra Vijayotsava +Daśaharā Utsava +Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Appearance |
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20 Oct 2018 |
Ekādaśī, G, 05:40, Śatabhiṣā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Pāśānkuṣā EKADASI +Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance |
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21 Oct 2018 |
Dvādaśī, G, 05:40, Śatabhiṣā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:04 |
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24 Oct 2018 |
Pūrṇimā, G, 05:42, Revatī +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Śāradīya 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 +Fasting and special rules for 4th month of Cāturmāsya-vrata begins today +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. |
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Dāmodara |
Gaurābda 532 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97 |
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Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra |
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25 Oct 2018 |
Pratipat, K, 05:42, Aśvinī + Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhānas Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
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30 Oct 2018 |
Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 05:44, Punarvasu +Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
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1 Nov 2018 |
Astamī, K, 05:45, Āśleṣā +Appearance of Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa, bathing in Rādhā-kuṇḍa (Snāna-dhan) and giving charity +Bahulāṣṭamī |
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2 Nov 2018 |
Navamī, K, 05:46, Maghā +Śrīla Vīracandra Prabhu ~ Appearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
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3 Nov 2018 |
Ekādaśī, K, 05:46, P.Phalgunī +(not suitable for fasting, see following day) |
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4 Nov 2018 |
Dvādaśī, K, 05:47, U.Phalgunī +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Ramā EKADASI |
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5 Nov 2018 |
Trayodaśī, K, 05:47, Hasta +Break fast 05:47 - 09:33 + Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu Śubha Vijaya at Śrīpāṭa Pāṇihāṭi +Khaṇḍavāsī Śrī Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
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7 Nov 2018 |
Amāvasyā, K, 05:49, Svātī +Dīpa-dāna, Dīpanvita (Festival of lights) |
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8 Nov 2018 |
Pratipat, G, 05:49, Viśākhā +Govardhana-pūjā, Go-pūjā, Go-kṛda (Worship of Govardhana Hill, and worship and decorating of cows) +Annakūṭa Mahotsava +Śrī Rasikānanda ~ Appearance +Śrīla Bhakti Vijaya Puruṣottama Tīrtha Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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9 Nov 2018 |
Dvitīyā, G, 05:50, Anurādhā +Śrī Vāsudeva Ghoṣa ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Gosvāmi 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. |
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10 Nov 2018 |
Tritīyā, G, 05:50, Jyeṣṭha +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivrikrama Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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11 Nov 2018 |
Caturthī, G, 05:51, Mūlā +Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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16 Nov 2018 |
Astamī, G, 05:54, Dhaniṣṭhā +Gopāṣṭamī, Goṣṭāṣṭamī +Śrī Gadādhara dāsa Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Dhanañjaya Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīnivāsa Ācārya ~ Disappearance +Sun enters Scorpio |
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17 Nov 2018 |
Navamī, G, 05:54, Śatabhiṣā +End of Akāśa Dīpikā (offering lamp to the sky) +Amlā Navamī |
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19 Nov 2018 |
Ekādaśī, G, 05:56, Uttarabhādra +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Utthāna EKADASI +Śrīla Gaura-kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance +Bhīṣma-pañcaka begins |
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20 Nov 2018 |
Dvādaśī, G, 05:56, Revatī +Break fast 08:24 - 09:25 |
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23 Nov 2018 |
Pūrṇimā, G, 05:58, Kṛttikā +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Rāsa-yātrā +Śrī Nimbāditya ~ Appearance +Śrīla Sundarānanda Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance +Śrī Bhūgarbha Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Kāśīśvara Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +End of Ūrjā-vrata, Kārtika-vrata, Dāmodara-vrata and Niyama-sevā +End of Cāturmāsya-vrata |
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Keśava |
Gaurābda 532 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97 |
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24 Nov 2018 |
Pratipat, K, 05:59, Rohiṇī +Kātyāyanī-vrata begins - Vraja-devī's take one month vow to please Yogamāya, (Kātyāyanī-devi) to get Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their beloved |
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28 Nov 2018 |
Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 06:01, Puṣyā +Śrī Kṣetra Parikramā |
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3 Dec 2018 |
Ekādaśī, K, 06:05, Citrā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Utpannā EKADASI +Śrīla Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
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4 Dec 2018 |
Dvādaśī, K, 06:05, Svātī +Break fast 08:24 - 09:42 (Daylight-saving time not considered) +Śrīla Kālīya Kṛṣṇadāsa ~ Disappearance |
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5 Dec 2018 |
Trayodaśī, K, 06:06, Viśākhā +Śrī Sāraṅga Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
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7 Dec 2018 |
Amāvasyā, K, 06:07, Jyeṣṭha +Amāvasyā +Śrīla Jagabandhu Bhakti Rañjana Prabhu ~ Disappearance |
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10 Dec 2018 |
Tritīyā, G, 06:09, Purvāṣāḍhā +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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13 Dec 2018 |
Ṣaṣṭhī, G, 06:11, Dhaniṣṭhā +Odana Ṣaṣṭhi +Śrīla Bhaktisvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
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15 Dec 2018 |
Astamī, G, 06:12, Pūrvabhādra +Sūryakuṇḍa-vāsī Śrīla Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance |
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16 Dec 2018 |
Astamī, G, 06:13, Uttarabhādra +Sun enters Sagittarius |
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19 Dec 2018 |
Ekādaśī, G, 06:14, Bhāranī +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Mokṣadā EKADASI |
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20 Dec 2018 |
Dvādaśī, G, 06:15, Kṛttikā +Break fast 06:15 - 06:28 +Advent of Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā ~ Śrī Krishna spoke Gītā to Arjuna |
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22 Dec 2018 |
Pūrṇimā, G, 06:16, Mṛgaśīrśa +Kātyāyanī-vrata ends |
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Nārāyaṇa |
Gaurābda 532 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97 |
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Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra |
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26 Dec 2018 |
Caturthī, K, 06:18, Āśleṣā +Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 82nd Disappearance festival |
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30 Dec 2018 |
Navamī, K, 06:19, Hasta +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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1 Jan 2019 |
Ekādaśī, K, 06:20, Svātī +(not suitable for fasting, see following day) |
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2 Jan 2019 |
Dvādaśī, K, 06:20, Viśākhā +PAKṢA-VARDHINĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Saphala EKADASI +Śrī Devānanda Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance |
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3 Jan 2019 |
Trayodaśī, K, 06:21, Anurādhā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:58 (Daylight-saving time not considered) +Śrīla Maheśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Uddhāraṇa Daṭṭa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance |
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6 Jan 2019 |
Amāvasyā, K, 06:22, Purvāṣāḍhā +Bakula Amāvasyā, Mango flowers are offered to Śrī Jagannātha Deva
+partial solar eclipse: (Daylight-saving time not considered, see eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov) |
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7 Jan 2019 |
Pratipat, G, 06:22, Uttarāṣāḍhā +Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance |
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9 Jan 2019 |
Tritīyā, G, 06:22, Dhaniṣṭhā +Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance |
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14 Jan 2019 |
Astamī, G, 06:23, Aśvinī +Makara-saṅkrānti ~ Celebration of Sun entering Capricorn +Gaṇgā Sagar Snāna Mela (bathing in Gaṇgā) +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāśa Mahāyogī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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16 Jan 2019 |
Daśamī, G, 06:23, Bhāranī +Śāmba Daśamī |
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17 Jan 2019 |
Ekādaśī, G, 06:23, Kṛttikā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Putradā EKADASI |
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18 Jan 2019 |
Dvādaśī, G, 06:23, Rohiṇī +Break fast 08:24 - 09:55 +Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Appearance |
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19 Jan 2019 |
Trayodaśī, G, 06:23, Mṛgaśīrśa +Śrīmad Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance |
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21 Jan 2019 |
Pūrṇimā, G, 06:23, Puṣyā +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Puṣyā Abhiṣeka +beginning of Māgha vrata
+total lunar eclipse: (Daylight-saving time not considered, see eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov) |