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
Monday

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
Tuesday

Trayodaśī *00:22, G, Sunrise-Set 05:38-17:18, Pūrvabhādra 22:10

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:28

16 Oct 2024
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 20:43, G, Sunrise-Set 05:39-17:17, Uttarabhādra 19:19

17 Oct 2024
Thursday

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

DATE

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

18 Oct 2024
Friday

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
Saturday

Dvitīyā 09:51, K, Sunrise-Set 05:40-17:15, Bhāranī 10:48

20 Oct 2024
Sunday

Tritīyā 06:48, K, Sunrise-Set 05:40-17:14, Kṛttikā 08:33

+Caturthī up to *04:19

21 Oct 2024
Monday

Pañcamī *02:32, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:13, Rohiṇī 06:52

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktikuśala Narasiṁha Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

22 Oct 2024
Tuesday

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
Wednesday

Saptamī *01:21, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:12, Punarvasu --:--,

24 Oct 2024
Thursday

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
Friday

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
Saturday

Daśamī *05:26, K, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:10, Āśleṣā 09:47

27 Oct 2024
Sunday

Ekādaśī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:09, Maghā 12:25

+(not suitable for fasting, see following day)

28 Oct 2024
Monday

Ekādaśī 07:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:08, P.Phalgunī 15:25

+UNMILANĪ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ; FASTING FOR Ramā EKĀDAŚĪ

29 Oct 2024
Tuesday

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
Wednesday

Trayodaśī 13:18, K, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:07, Hasta 21:45

+Yama Dīpa-dāna

31 Oct 2024
Thursday

Caturdaśī 15:55, K, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:07, Citrā *00:46

+Yama Caturdaśī ( offering fourteen lamps in temple )

1 Nov 2024
Friday

Amāvasyā 18:19, K, Sunrise-Set 05:46-17:06, Svātī *03:32

+Dīpa-dāna, Dīpāvalī (Festival of lights)

2 Nov 2024
Saturday

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
Sunday

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
Monday

Tritīyā 23:27, G, Sunrise-Set 05:47-17:04, Anurādhā 08:05

5 Nov 2024
Tuesday

Caturthī *00:19, G, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:04, Jyeṣṭha 09:47

+Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

6 Nov 2024
Wednesday

Pañcamī *00:43, G, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:03, Mūlā 11:02

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktiśrīrūpa Siddhānti Mahārāja ~ Appearance

7 Nov 2024
Thursday

Ṣaṣṭhī *00:37, G, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:03, Purvāṣāḍhā 11:48

8 Nov 2024
Friday

Saptamī 23:59, G, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:03, Uttarāṣāḍhā 12:04

9 Nov 2024
Saturday

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
Sunday

Navamī 21:04, G, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:02, Dhaniṣṭhā 11:01

+Amlā Navamī

11 Nov 2024
Monday

Daśamī 18:49, G, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:01, Śatabhiṣā 09:42

12 Nov 2024
Tuesday

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
Wednesday

Dvādaśī 13:04, G, Sunrise-Set 05:52-17:01, Revatī *03:12

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:35

14 Nov 2024
Thursday

Trayodaśī 09:46, G, Sunrise-Set 05:53-17:01, Aśvinī *00:34

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Suhṛt Akiñcana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

15 Nov 2024
Friday

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

DATE

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

16 Nov 2024
Saturday

Pratipat 23:53, K, Sunrise-Set 05:54-17:00, Kṛttikā 19:29

+Sun enters Scorpio

17 Nov 2024
Sunday

Dvitīyā 21:09, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:00, Rohiṇī 17:24

18 Nov 2024
Monday

Tritīyā 18:58, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:00, Mṛgaśīrśa 15:50

19 Nov 2024
Tuesday

Caturthī 17:30, K, Sunrise-Set 05:56-16:59, Ārdrā 14:57

20 Nov 2024
Wednesday

Pañcamī 16:52, K, Sunrise-Set 05:57-16:59, Punarvasu 14:52

+Śrī Kṣetra parikramā