Vaishnava Calendar

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.

Keśava Māsa	Gaurābda 533 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
13 Nov 2019 Wednesday	Pratipat, K, 05:52, Kṛttikā +Kātyāyanī-vrata begins - Vraja-devīs take one month vow to please Yogamāya, (Kātyāyanī-devi) to get Śrī Kṛṣṇa as their beloved
14 Nov 2019 Thursday	Dvitīyā, K, 05:52, Rohiṇī
15 Nov 2019 Friday	Tritīyā, K, 05:53, Mṛgaśīrśa
16 Nov 2019 Saturday	Caturthī, K, 05:54, Ārdrā
17 Nov 2019 Sunday	Pañcamī, K, 05:54, Punarvasu +Sun enters Scorpio +End of Akāśa Dīpikā (offering lamp to the sky)
18 Nov 2019 Monday	Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 05:55, Puṣyā +Śrī Kṣetra Parikramā
19 Nov 2019 Tuesday	Saptamī, K, 05:55, Āśleṣā
20 Nov 2019 Wednesday	Astamī, K, 05:56, Maghā
21 Nov 2019 Thursday	Navamī, K, 05:57, P.Phalgunī
22 Nov 2019 Friday	Daśamī, K, 05:57, U.Phalgunī
23 Nov 2019 Saturday	Ekādaśī, K, 05:58, Hasta +TRISPṚṢĀ MAHĀDVĀDAŚĪ: FASTING FOR Utpannā EKADASI +Śrīla Narahari Sarakāra Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
24 Nov 2019 Sunday	Trayodaśī, K, 05:59, Citrā +Break fast 08:24 – 09:52 + Śrīla Kālīya Kṛṣṇadāsa ~ Disappearance +Śrī Sāraṅga Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
25 Nov 2019 Monday	Caturdaśī, K, 05:59, Svātī
26 Nov 2019 Tuesday	Amāvasyā, K, 05:60, Viśākhā +Amāvasyā +Śreṣṭhārghya Śrīla Jagabandhu Bhakti Rañjana Prabhu ~ Disappearance
27 Nov 2019 Wednesday	Pratipat, G, 06:01, Anurādhā
28 Nov 2019 Thursday	Dvitīyā, G, 06:01, Jyeṣṭha
29 Nov 2019 Friday	Tritīyā, G, 06:02, Mūlā +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
30 Nov 2019 Saturday	Caturthī, G, 06:03, Purvāṣāḍhā
December - Keśava Māsa (cont.) - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Baleshwar, Odisha, India 086E55 21N29 +5.30
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
1 Dec 2019 Sunday	Pañcamī, G, 06:03, Uttarāṣāḍhā
2 Dec 2019 Monday	Ṣaṣṭhī, G, 06:04, Śravaṇā +Odana Ṣaṣṭhi (Śrīla Jagannātha Deva are offered new clothes) +Śrīla Bhaktisvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
3 Dec 2019 Tuesday	Saptamī, G, 06:05, Dhaniṣṭhā
4 Dec 2019 Wednesday	Astamī, G, 06:05, Śatabhiṣā +Sūryakuṇḍa-vāsī Śrīla Madhusūdana Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 101^st Appearance, festival in Śrī Gauravāṇī Vinoda Āśram and in Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Kharagpur
5 Dec 2019 Thursday	Navamī, G, 06:06, Pūrvabhādra
6 Dec 2019 Friday	Daśamī, G, 06:07, Uttarabhādra
7 Dec 2019 Saturday	Daśamī, G, 06:07, Revatī
8 Dec 2019 Sunday	Ekādaśī, G, 06:08, Aśvinī +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Mokṣadā EKADASI
9 Dec 2019 Monday	Dvādaśī, G, 06:08, Bhāranī +Break fast 06:08 - 09:46
10 Dec 2019 Tuesday	Trayodaśī, G, 06:09, Kṛttikā +Advent of Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā ~ Śrī Krishna spoke Gītā to Arjuna
11 Dec 2019 Wednesday	Caturdaśī, G, 06:10, Rohiṇī
12 Dec 2019 Thursday	Pūrṇimā, G, 06:10, Rohiṇī +Kātyāyanī-vrata ends
Nārāyaṇa Māsa	Gaurābda 533 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
13 Dec 2019 Friday	Pratipat, K, 06:11, Mṛgaśīrśa
14 Dec 2019 Saturday	Dvitīyā, K, 06:11, Punarvasu
15 Dec 2019 Sunday	Tritīyā, K, 06:12, Puṣyā
16 Dec 2019 Monday	Pañcamī, K, 06:13, Āśleṣā +Founder Ācārya of all Gauḍīya Maṭhas, Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 83^rd Disappearance tithi pūjā, festival in Śrī Bhaktivinoda Āśram, Brahmapur +Sun enters Sagittarius
17 Dec 2019 Tuesday	Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 06:13, Maghā
18 Dec 2019 Wednesday	Saptamī, K, 06:14, P.Phalgunī
19 Dec 2019 Thursday	Astamī, K, 06:14, U.Phalgunī
20 Dec 2019 Friday	Navamī, K, 06:15, Hasta +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
21 Dec 2019 Saturday	Daśamī, K, 06:15, Citrā
22 Dec 2019 Sunday	Ekādaśī, K, 06:16, Svātī +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Saphala EKADASI
23 Dec 2019 Monday	Dvādaśī, K, 06:16, Viśākhā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:48 +Śrī Devānanda Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
24 Dec 2019 Tuesday	Trayodaśī, K, 06:17, Anurādhā + Śrīla Maheśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance +Śrī Uddhāraṇa Daṭṭa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
25 Dec 2019 Wednesday	Caturdaśī, K, 06:17, Jyeṣṭha
26 Dec 2019 Thursday	Amāvasyā, K, 06:18, Mūlā +Bakula Amāvasyā, mango flowers are offered to Śrī Jagannātha Deva +annular solar eclipse: (see eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov) (this eclipse is visible in Baleśvara) 07:59:55 (Dec 26) - start of eclipse 09:04:37 (Dec 26) - start ofannularity/totality 10:47:43 (Dec 26) - maximum eclipse point 12:30:56 (Dec 26) - end of annularity/totality 13:35:41 (Dec 26) - end of eclipse
27 Dec 2019 Friday	Pratipat, G, 06:18, Purvāṣāḍhā +Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance
28 Dec 2019 Saturday	Dvitīyā, G, 06:19, Uttarāṣāḍhā
29 Dec 2019 Sunday	Tritīyā, G, 06:19, Śravaṇā +Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance
30 Dec 2019 Monday	Caturthī, G, 06:19, Dhaniṣṭhā
31 Dec 2019 Tuesday	Pañcamī, G, 06:20, Śatabhiṣā
January - Nārāyaṇa Māsa (cont.) - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Baleshwar, Odisha, India 086E55 21N29 +5.30
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
1 Jan 2020 Wednesday	Ṣaṣṭhī, G, 06:20, Pūrvabhādra +beginning of new year 2020 in Western calendar
2 Jan 2020 Thursday	Saptamī, G, 06:20, Uttarabhādra
3 Jan 2020 Friday	Astamī, G, 06:21, Uttarabhādra +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāśa Mahāyogī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
4 Jan 2020 Saturday	Navamī, G, 06:21, Revatī
5 Jan 2020 Sunday	Daśamī, G, 06:21, Aśvinī +Śāmba Daśamī
6 Jan 2020 Monday	Ekādaśī, G, 06:22, Bhāranī +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Putradā EKADASI
7 Jan 2020 Tuesday	Dvādaśī, G, 06:22, Kṛttikā +Break fast soon after 10:33 +Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Appearance
8 Jan 2020 Wednesday	Trayodaśī, G, 06:22, Rohiṇī +Śrīmad Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
9 Jan 2020 Thursday	Caturdaśī, G, 06:22, Mṛgaśīrśa
10 Jan 2020 Friday	Pūrṇimā, G, 06:22, Ārdrā +Śrī Kṛṣṇa Puṣyā Abhiṣeka +begin of Māgha vrata +penumbral lunar eclipse: (penumbral eclipses don't need to be observed) 22:37:44 (Jan 10) - start of penumbral phase 00:40:06 (Jan 11) - middle of penumbral phase 02:42:23 (Jan 11) - end of penumbral phase
Mādhava Māsa	Gaurābda 533 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
11 Jan 2020 Saturday	Pratipat, K, 06:22, Punarvasu
12 Jan 2020 Sunday	Dvitīyā, K, 06:23, Puṣyā
13 Jan 2020 Monday	Tritīyā, K, 06:23, Āśleṣā +Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Appearance +Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja ~ Disappearance
14 Jan 2020 Tuesday	Caturthī, K, 06:23, Maghā
15 Jan 2020 Wednesday	Pañcamī, K, 06:23, U.Phalgunī +Makara-saṅkrānti ~ Celebration of Sun entering Capricorn +Gaṇgā Sagar Snāna Mela (bathing in Gaṇgā) +Śrī Narahari Sevāvigraha - Disappearance +Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission's Founder Ācārya, Nitya Līlā Praviṣṭa Gaura Kṛpā Śrī Mūrti Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa 108 Śrī Śrī mad Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja's 107^th Appearance tithi Pūjā, Śrī Gurupūjā Mahotsava in all branches of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission
16 Jan 2020 Thursday	Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 06:23, Hasta +Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance
17 Jan 2020 Friday	Saptamī, K, 06:23, Citrā +Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance
18 Jan 2020 Saturday	Navamī, K, 06:23, Svātī
19 Jan 2020 Sunday	Daśamī, K, 06:23, Viśākhā
20 Jan 2020 Monday	Ekādaśī, K, 06:23, Anurādhā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Ṣaṭ-tilā EKADASI
21 Jan 2020 Tuesday	Dvādaśī, K, 06:23, Jyeṣṭha +Break fast 08:27 - 10:03 +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Mahārāja ~ Appearance
22 Jan 2020 Wednesday	Trayodaśī, K, 06:22, Mūlā
23 Jan 2020 Thursday	Caturdaśī, K, 06:22, Purvāṣāḍhā
24 Jan 2020 Friday	Amāvasyā, K, 06:22, Uttarāṣāḍhā + Śrīla Śrī Niketana Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance, festival in Śrī Caitanya Candrāśrama in Purī +Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
25 Jan 2020 Saturday	Pratipat, G, 06:22, Śravaṇā +Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhānas Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance, festival in Śrī Sārasvata Āśrama, Gauñju
26 Jan 2020 Sunday	Dvitīyā, G, 06:22, Dhaniṣṭhā
27 Jan 2020 Monday	Tritīyā, G, 06:22, Dhaniṣṭhā
28 Jan 2020 Tuesday	Tritīyā, G, 06:21, Śatabhiṣā
29 Jan 2020 Wednesday	Caturthī, G, 06:21, Pūrvabhādra
30 Jan 2020 Thursday	Pañcamī, G, 06:21, Uttarabhādra +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 + Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Svarūpa Parvata Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vivek Bharti Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance
31 Jan 2020 Friday	Ṣaṣṭhī, G, 06:21, Revatī
February - Mādhava Māsa (cont.) - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Baleshwar, Orrisa, India 086E55 21N29 +5.30
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
1 Feb 2020 Saturday	Saptamī, G, 06:20, Aśvinī +Maha-viṣṇu-avatāra Śrī Advaita Ācārya ~ Appearance - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only, +Break fast 06:20 - 10:04
2 Feb 2020 Sunday	Astamī, G, 06:20, Bhāranī +Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Disappearance
3 Feb 2020 Monday	Navamī, G, 06:19, Kṛttikā
4 Feb 2020 Tuesday	Daśamī, G, 06:19, Rohiṇī +Śrī Rāmānujācārya ~ Disappearance
5 Feb 2020 Wednesday	Ekādaśī, G, 06:19, Mṛgaśīrśa +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Bhaimi EKADASI
6 Feb 2020 Thursday	Dvādaśī, G, 06:18, Ārdrā +Break fast 08:24 - 10:04 +Varāha Dvādaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Varāhadeva
7 Feb 2020 Friday	Trayodaśī, G, 06:18, Punarvasu +Nityānanda Trayodaśī ~ Appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only
8 Feb 2020 Saturday	Caturdaśī, G, 06:17, Puṣyā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:28
9 Feb 2020 Sunday	Pūrṇimā, G, 06:17, Āśleṣā +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
Govinda Māsa	Gaurābda 533 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
10 Feb 2020 Monday	Pratipat, K, 06:16, Maghā
11 Feb 2020 Tuesday	Dvitīyā, K, 06:16, P.Phalgunī
12 Feb 2020 Wednesday	Caturthī, K, 06:15, U.Phalgunī +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
13 Feb 2020 Thursday	Pañcamī, K, 06:15, Hasta +Founder Ācārya of all Gauḍīya Maṭhas, Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 146^th Appearance tithi pūjā, Vyāsa pūjā festival in all branches of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission +Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance +Śrīla Gour Govinda Svāmī ~ Disappearance +Sun enters Aquarius
14 Feb 2020 Friday	Ṣaṣṭhī, K, 06:14, Citrā +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sāraṅga Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance
15 Feb 2020 Saturday	Saptamī, K, 06:14, Viśākhā
16 Feb 2020 Sunday	Astamī, K, 06:13, Anurādhā
17 Feb 2020 Monday	Navamī, K, 06:12, Jyeṣṭha
18 Feb 2020 Tuesday	Daśamī, K, 06:12, Mūlā
19 Feb 2020 Wednesday	Ekādaśī, K, 06:11, Purvāṣāḍhā +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Vijaya EKADASI
20 Feb 2020 Thursday	Dvādaśī, K, 06:10, Purvāṣāḍhā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:30 +Śrī Īśvara Purī ~ Disappearance
21 Feb 2020 Friday	Trayodaśī, K, 06:10, Uttarāṣāḍhā
22 Feb 2020 Saturday	Caturdaśī, K, 06:09, Śravaṇā +Śrī Śrī Mahā Śiva-rātri vrata (fast - Ekādaśī preparations only)
23 Feb 2020 Sunday	Amāvasyā, K, 06:08, Dhaniṣṭhā +Break fast 08:24 - 09:55 +Amāvasyā
24 Feb 2020 Monday	Pratipat, G, 06:08, Śatabhiṣā +Vaiṣṇava Sārvabhauma Śrī Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Rasikānanda Deva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance +Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 41^st Disappearance festival
25 Feb 2020 Tuesday	Dvitīyā, G, 06:07, Pūrvabhādra
26 Feb 2020 Wednesday	Tritīyā, G, 06:06, Uttarabhādra
27 Feb 2020 Thursday	Caturthī, G, 06:05, Revatī +Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Appearance
28 Feb 2020 Friday	Caturthī, G, 06:05, Aśvinī
29 Feb 2020 Saturday	Pañcamī, G, 06:04, Bhāranī
March - Govinda Māsa (cont.) - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Baleshwar, Orrisa, India 086E55 21N29 +5.30
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
1 Mar 2020 Sunday	Ṣaṣṭhī, G, 06:03, Bhāranī
2 Mar 2020 Monday	Saptamī, G, 06:02, Kṛttikā +Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission's Founder Ācārya, Nitya Līlā Praviṣṭa Gaura Kṛpā Śrī Mūrti Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa 108 Śrī Śrī mad Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja's 11^th Disappearance tithi festival, Vraja Vijaya Mahotsava in all branches of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission
3 Mar 2020 Tuesday	Astamī, G, 06:01, Rohiṇī
4 Mar 2020 Wednesday	Navamī, G, 06:00, Mṛgaśīrśa
5 Mar 2020 Thursday	Daśamī, G, 05:60, Ārdrā
6 Mar 2020 Friday	Ekādaśī, G, 05:59, Punarvasu +ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Āmalakī EKADASI
7 Mar 2020 Saturday	Dvādaśī, G, 05:58, Puṣyā +Break fast 05:58 - 09:18 +Śrī Mādhavendra Purī ~ Disappearance
8 Mar 2020 Sunday	Trayodaśī, G, 05:57, Āśleṣā
9 Mar 2020 Monday	Pūrṇimā, G, 05:56, P.Phalgunī +Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā - Appearance of Śrī Śrī Gaurasundara - Fast till moonrise, then Ekādaśī preparations only +Śrī Śrī Rādhā Govinda's Vasanta Utsava and Dolayātrā
Viṣṇu Māsa	Gaurābda 534 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.97
Date	Tithi, Pakṣa, Sunrise, Nakṣatra
10 Mar 2020 Tuesday	Pratipat, K, 05:55, U.Phalgunī +Break fast 08:24 - 09:40 +Festival of Jagannātha Miśra +Holi +Start of Gaurābda 534