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 537 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

27 Dec 2023
Wednesday

Pratipat --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:08, Ārdrā 23:30

+Nārāyaṇa Māsa begins

28 Dec 2023
Thursday

Pratipat 06:49, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:09, Punarvasu *01:06

29 Dec 2023
Friday

Dvitīyā 08:02, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:09, Puṣyā *03:11

30 Dec 2023
Saturday

Tritīyā 09:46, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:10, Āśleṣā *05:43

31 Dec 2023
Sunday

Caturthī 11:58, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:10, Maghā --:--

+Founder of all Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 87th Disappearance festival

1 Jan 2024
Monday

Pañcamī 14:31, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:11, Maghā 08:37

Gregorian calendar year 2024 begins

2 Jan 2024
Tuesday

Ṣaṣṭhī 17:13, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:12, P.Phalgunī 11:43

3 Jan 2024
Wednesday

Saptamī 19:51, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:12, U.Phalgunī 14:47

4 Jan 2024
Thursday

Astamī 22:07, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:13, Hasta 17:35

5 Jan 2024
Friday

Navamī 23:49, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:14, Citrā 19:51

6 Jan 2024
Saturday

Daśamī *00:44, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:14, Svātī 21:24

7 Jan 2024
Sunday

Ekādaśī *00:48, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:15, Viśākhā 22:09

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Saphala EKĀDAŚĪ

+Śrī Devānanda Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

8 Jan 2024
Monday

Dvādaśī *00:01, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:16, Anurādhā 22:04

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:57

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Bhūdeva Śrautī Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

9 Jan 2024
Tuesday

Trayodaśī 22:27, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:16, Jyeṣṭha 21:12

+Śrī Mahesa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Uddhāraṇa Daṭṭa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

10 Jan 2024
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 20:13, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:17, Mūlā 19:41

11 Jan 2024
Thursday

Amāvasyā 17:29, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:18, Purvāṣāḍhā 17:40

+mango flowers (bakula) are being offered to Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Deva

12 Jan 2024
Friday

Pratipat 14:26, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:18, Uttarāṣāḍhā 15:20

+Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

+Śrīpad Sundarānanda Prabhu ~ Disappearance

13 Jan 2024
Saturday

Dvitīyā 11:13, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:19, Śravaṇā 12:51

14 Jan 2024
Sunday

Tritīyā 08:02, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:20, Dhaniṣṭhā 10:24

+Caturthī up to *05:01

+Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Disappearance

15 Jan 2024
Monday

Pañcamī *02:19, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:20, Śatabhiṣā 08:08

+Pūrvabhādra nakṣatra up to *06:11

+Makara-saṅkrānti ~ Celebration of Sun entering Capricorn

+Gaṇgā Sagar Snāna Mela (bathing in Gaṇgā)

16 Jan 2024
Tuesday

Ṣaṣṭhī *00:00, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:21, Uttarabhādra *04:39

17 Jan 2024
Wednesday

Saptamī 22:09, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:22, Revatī *03:35

18 Jan 2024
Thursday

Astamī 20:47, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:22, Aśvinī *02:59

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vikāśa Mahāyogī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

19 Jan 2024
Friday

Navamī 19:54, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:23, Bhāranī *02:52

20 Jan 2024
Saturday

Daśamī 19:29, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:24, Kṛttikā *03:10

+Śāmba Daśamī

21 Jan 2024
Sunday

Ekādaśī 19:29, G, Sunrise-Set 06:23-17:25, Rohiṇī *03:53

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Putradā EKĀDAŚĪ

22 Jan 2024
Monday

Dvādaśī 19:54, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:25, Mṛgaśīrśa *04:59

+Break fast 08:24 - 10:01

+Śrī Jagadīśa Paṇḍita ~ Appearance

23 Jan 2024
Tuesday

Trayodaśī 20:42, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:26, Ārdrā

+Śrīmad Bhakti Kumuda Santa Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

24 Jan 2024
Wednesday

Caturdaśī 21:52, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:27, Ārdrā 06:28

25 Jan 2024
Thursday

Pūrṇimā 23:26, G, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:27, Punarvasu 08:18

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Puṣyā Abhiṣeka

+begin of Māgha vrata

Mādhava
Māsa

Gaurābda 537 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

26 Jan 2024
Friday

Pratipat *01:22, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:28, Puṣyā 10:29

+Mādhava Māsa begins

27 Jan 2024
Saturday

Dvitīyā *03:39, K, Sunrise-Set 06:22-17:28, Āśleṣā 13:02

28 Jan 2024
Sunday

Tritīyā *06:13, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:29, Maghā 15:54

+Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī ~ Appearance

+Śrī Rāmacandra Kavirāja ~ Disappearance

29 Jan 2024
Monday

Caturthī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:30, P.Phalgunī 18:58

30 Jan 2024
Tuesday

Caturthī 08:56, K, Sunrise-Set 06:21-17:30, U.Phalgunī 22:07

31 Jan 2024
Wednesday

Pañcamī 11:39, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:31, Hasta *01:09

+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 ~ 111th Appearance Day Pūjā

1 Feb 2024
Thursday

Ṣaṣṭhī 14:06, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:32, Citrā *03:50

+Śrī Jayadeva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

2 Feb 2024
Friday

Saptamī 16:05, K, Sunrise-Set 06:20-17:32, Svātī *05:58

+Śrī Locana dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

3 Feb 2024
Saturday

Astamī 17:23, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:33, Viśākhā --:--

4 Feb 2024
Sunday

Navamī 17:52, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:34, Viśākhā 07:22

5 Feb 2024
Monday

Daśamī 17:27, K, Sunrise-Set 06:19-17:34, Anurādhā 07:55

6 Feb 2024
Tuesday

Ekādaśī 16:10, K, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:35, Jyeṣṭha 07:36

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Ṣaṭ-tilā EKĀDAŚĪ

7 Feb 2024
Wednesday

Dvādaśī 14:04, K, Sunrise-Set 06:18-17:35, Mūlā 06:29

+Purvāṣāḍhā nakṣatra up to *04:38

+Break fast 08:24 - 10:10

8 Feb 2024
Thursday

Trayodaśī 11:19, K, Sunrise-Set 06:17-17:36, Uttarāṣāḍhā *02:15

9 Feb 2024
Friday

Caturdaśī 08:05, K, Sunrise-Set 06:17-17:36, Śravaṇā 23:30

+Amāvasyā up to *04:31

+Śrīla Śrī Niketana Dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

10 Feb 2024
Saturday

Pratipat *00:50, G, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:37, Dhaniṣṭhā 20:35

+Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhānas Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

11 Feb 2024
Sunday

Dvitīyā 21:11, G, Sunrise-Set 06:16-17:38, Śatabhiṣā 17:40

12 Feb 2024
Monday

Tritīyā 17:46, G, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:38, Pūrvabhādra 14:58

13 Feb 2024
Tuesday

Caturthī 14:44, G, Sunrise-Set 06:15-17:39, Uttarabhādra 12:36

+Sun enters Aquarius

14 Feb 2024
Wednesday

Pañcamī 12:12, G, Sunrise-Set 06:14-17:39, Revatī 10:44

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa 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

15 Feb 2024
Thursday

Ṣaṣṭhī 10:15, G, Sunrise-Set 06:14-17:40, Aśvinī 09:27

16 Feb 2024
Friday

Saptamī 08:57, G, Sunrise-Set 06:13-17:40, Bhāranī 08:48

+Maha-viṣṇu-avatāra Śrī Advaita Ācārya ~ Appearance - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only

17 Feb 2024
Saturday

Astamī 08:18, G, Sunrise-Set 06:12-17:41, Kṛttikā 08:47

+Break fast 06:12 - 08:18

18 Feb 2024
Sunday

Navamī 08:18, G, Sunrise-Set 06:12-17:41, Rohiṇī 09:24

+Śrī Madhvācārya ~ Disappearance

19 Feb 2024
Monday

Daśamī 08:52, G, Sunrise-Set 06:11-17:42, Mṛgaśīrśa 10:34

+Śrī Rāmānujācārya ~ Disappearance

20 Feb 2024
Tuesday

Ekādaśī 09:58, G, Sunrise-Set 06:10-17:42, Ārdrā 12:14

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Jayā or Bhaumī EKĀDAŚĪ

21 Feb 2024
Wednesday

Dvādaśī 11:30, G, Sunrise-Set 06:10-17:43, Punarvasu 14:19

+Break fast after completing the arcana of Varāhadeva 10:36 - 11:29

+Varāha Dvādaśī ~ Appearance of Lord Varāhadeva

22 Feb 2024
Thursday

Trayodaśī 13:24, G, Sunrise-Set 06:09-17:43, Puṣyā 16:44

+Nityānanda Trayodaśī ~ Appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu - Fast till noon then Ekādaśī preparations only

23 Feb 2024
Friday

Caturdaśī 15:36, G, Sunrise-Set 06:08-17:44, Āśleṣā 19:27

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:58

24 Feb 2024
Saturday

Pūrṇimā 18:02, G, Sunrise-Set 06:07-17:44, Maghā 22:22

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Madhura-utsava

+Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

+Festival in remembrance of Śrīmān Mahāprabhu's sannyāsa-lila

+Tridaṇḍī Svāmī Śrī Bhakti Priya Mādhava Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

Govinda
Māsa

Gaurābda 537 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

25 Feb 2024
Sunday

Pratipat 20:38, K, Sunrise-Set 06:07-17:45, P.Phalgunī *01:25

+Govinda Māsa begins

26 Feb 2024
Monday

Dvitīyā 23:18, K, Sunrise-Set 06:06-17:45, U.Phalgunī *04:32

27 Feb 2024
Tuesday

Tritīyā *01:56, K, Sunrise-Set 06:05-17:45, Hasta --:--

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

28 Feb 2024
Wednesday

Caturthī *04:21, K, Sunrise-Set 06:04-17:46, Hasta 07:34

29 Feb 2024
Thursday

Pañcamī --:--, K, Sunrise-Set 06:04-17:46, Citrā 10:23

+Founder of all Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ 150th Appearance festival

+Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Disappearance

1 Mar 2024
Friday

Pañcamī 06:24, K, Sunrise-Set 06:03-17:47, Svātī 12:50

2 Mar 2024
Saturday

Ṣaṣṭhī 07:56, K, Sunrise-Set 06:02-17:47, Viśākhā 14:43

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sāraṅga Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Appearance

3 Mar 2024
Sunday

Saptamī 08:47, K, Sunrise-Set 06:01-17:47, Anurādhā 15:56

4 Mar 2024
Monday

Astamī 08:52, K, Sunrise-Set 06:00-17:48, Jyeṣṭha 16:23

5 Mar 2024
Tuesday

Navamī 08:07, K, Sunrise-Set 06:00-17:48, Mūlā 16:01

6 Mar 2024
Wednesday

Daśamī 06:33, K, Sunrise-Set 05:59-17:49, Purvāṣāḍhā 14:53

+Ekādaśī up to *04:16

7 Mar 2024
Thursday

Dvādaśī *01:22, K, Sunrise-Set 05:58-17:49, Uttarāṣāḍhā 13:04

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Vijaya or Paṅkoddhāra EKĀDAŚĪ

+Śrī Īśvara Purī ~ Disappearance

8 Mar 2024
Friday

Trayodaśī 22:00, K, Sunrise-Set 05:57-17:49, Śravaṇā 10:42

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:52

9 Mar 2024
Saturday

Caturdaśī 18:20, K, Sunrise-Set 05:56-17:50, Dhaniṣṭhā 07:56

+Śatabhiṣā nakṣatra up to *04:57

+Śrī Śrī Mahā-Śiva-rātri-vrata (fast - Ekādaśī preparations only)

10 Mar 2024
Sunday

Amāvasyā 14:32, K, Sunrise-Set 05:55-17:50, Pūrvabhādra *01:56

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:51

11 Mar 2024
Monday

Pratipat 10:47, G, Sunrise-Set 05:54-17:50, Uttarabhādra 23:04

+Vaiṣṇava Sārvabhauma Śrī Śrīla Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance

+Śrīla Rasikānanda Deva Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ 45th Disappearance

12 Mar 2024
Tuesday

Dvitīyā 07:15, G, Sunrise-Set 05:54-17:51, Revatī 20:31

+Tritīyā up to *04:06

13 Mar 2024
Wednesday

Caturthī *01:28, G, Sunrise-Set 05:53-17:51, Aśvinī 18:26

14 Mar 2024
Thursday

Pañcamī 23:28, G, Sunrise-Set 05:52-17:51, Bhāranī 16:57

+Śrīla Puruṣottama Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

+Sun enters Pisces

15 Mar 2024
Friday

Ṣaṣṭhī 22:12, G, Sunrise-Set 05:51-17:52, Kṛttikā 16:09

16 Mar 2024
Saturday

Saptamī 21:41, G, Sunrise-Set 05:50-17:52, Rohiṇī 16:07

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mission's Founder Ācārya Nityalīlāpraviṣṭa Gaurakṛpā Śrīmūrti Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa 108 Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Vaibhava Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja 15th Vraja Vijaya Mahotsava ~ Disppearance

17 Mar 2024
Sunday

Astamī 21:55, G, Sunrise-Set 05:49-17:52, Mṛgaśīrśa 16:48

18 Mar 2024
Monday

Navamī 22:52, G, Sunrise-Set 05:48-17:53, Ārdrā 18:12

19 Mar 2024
Tuesday

Daśamī *00:24, G, Sunrise-Set 05:47-17:53, Punarvasu 20:11

20 Mar 2024
Wednesday

Ekādaśī *02:25, G, Sunrise-Set 05:46-17:53, Puṣyā 22:39

+ŚUDDHA EKĀDAŚĪ VRATA: FASTING FOR Pāpanāśinī or Āmalakī EKĀDAŚĪ

21 Mar 2024
Thursday

Dvādaśī *04:47, G, Sunrise-Set 05:45-17:54, Āśleṣā *01:28

+Break fast 09:05 - 09:48

+Śrī Mādhavendra Purī ~ Disappearance

22 Mar 2024
Friday

Trayodaśī --:--, G, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:54, Maghā *04:29

23 Mar 2024
Saturday

Trayodaśī 07:20, G, Sunrise-Set 05:44-17:54, P.Phalgunī --:--

24 Mar 2024
Sunday

Caturdaśī 09:57, G, Sunrise-Set 05:43-17:55, P.Phalgunī 07:35

25 Mar 2024
Monday

Pūrṇimā 12:32, G, Sunrise-Set 05:42-17:55, U.Phalgunī 10:39

+Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā - Appearance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu - Fast till moonrise, then Ekādaśī preparations only

+Śrī Śrī Radhā Govinda Vasanta Utsava

+Dolayātrā

+penumbral lunar eclipse: (not visible at Balasore)
10:23:11 (Mar 25) - start of penumbral phase
12:42:50 (Mar 25) - middle of penumbral phase
15:02:27 (Mar 25) - end of penumbral phase

Viṣṇu
Māsa

Gaurābda 538 - Kṛṣṇakal 0.98

DATE

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

26 Mar 2024
Tuesday

Pratipat 14:58, K, Sunrise-Set 05:41-17:55, Hasta 13:35

+Break fast 08:24 - 09:43

+Viṣṇu Māsa begins

+Śrī Śrī Jagannātha Miśra ānanda-utsava

+Holi

+Gaurābda 538 begins