January 2020 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Putradaa Ekadashi Khichdi bhog offer- Shri Gopinath Das Purnima ing ends Goswamipad Ma- hotsav begins Goswami Mahotsav, Sankirtan and Vaishnav seva
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Shri Gopal Bhatt Makar Sankranti Goswamipad’s Ap- pearance Day
Sankat Chaturthi Pujan
Chandroday at 8:14pm
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Shattila Ekadashi Mauni Amavasya
26 27 28 29 30 31 Notes: Purnima Celebration of Shri Vasant Panchami fasting is the same Chaitanya Ma- as Ekadashi fast- habraphu’s arrival Shri Vishnupriya ing in Varnasi Devi Mahotsav
Shri Vishwanath Chakravarthi Thakur Mahotsav February 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Shri Advaitacharya Prabhu Appear- ance Day
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shri Jayaa Ekadashi Shri Nityanand Prabhu Purnima Madhwacharya Appearance Day Punyatithi
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Vijayaa Ekadashi Mahashivratri Shiv Chaturdashi
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Amavasya
Shri Krishn Chai- tanya Goswami Mahotsav March 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Holi Utsav begins Aamalki Ekadashi
Congregational singing begins in the Shri Radhara- man Temple
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Lighting of bonfire Holi Meen Sankranti on the eve of Holi (Chhoti Holi) Dolotsav
Purnima
Gaur Purnima Abhishek at Amiya Nimai Temple. Shri Chaitanya Ma- haprabhu’s Shri prasadi cloth dar- shan in the Shri Radharaman Tem- ple
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Paapmochani Ekadashi 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Amavasya Vedic New Year Gangaur Pujan named “Pramaadi Vedic Year Ends Krit” (2077) begins Navratra begins
29 30 31 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. April 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 Durga Astami Ram Navami Kaamdaa Ekadashi Damnak offering
Navratri ends Flower swing darshan
Special Darshan at Radha Govind Temple 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Chaitra Purnima
13) 14 15 16 17 18 19 Varuthini Ekadashi
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Vaishakh Amavasya Akshay Tirtiya
Shri Gadadhar Chandan Yatra Pandit Appearance Day 27 28 29 30 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. May 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 Shrimati Jahanva Goswamini Mahotsav, special celebration at Shri Radha Gopinath Temple, Vrindavan 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mohini Ekadashi Narsingh Dev Ap- Shri Radharaman pearance Day Appearance Day Shri Radharaman Dev’s greeting Abhishek in the Maha-abhishek in singing starts in Shri evening the morning Gopal Bhatt Goswami’s Samad- Shrinivas Acharya hi, Vrindavan Appearance Day
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Shrivas Pandit Ap- pearance Day
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Achalaa Ekadashi Amavasya
Vat Savitri Vrat
Fasting for married women
May 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 June 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ganga Dushera Nirjala Ekadashi Purnima Shri Shyamanand Mahotsav at Shri Jal Yatra (Snan Ya- Radha Shyamsun- tra) dar Temple, Vrinda- van 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Yogini Ekadashi Seva to finish by Amavasya 10:30 pm due to solar eclipse on the Solar eclipse. Starts 21st of June, 2020 at 10:31am, ends at 2:04pm
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rath Yatra Shri Vakreshwar Pandit Mahotsav Shri Swaroop Damodar and Shri Shivanand Sen Ma- hotsav 29 30 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. July 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 Shri Dev Shayani Purnima Vrat Guru Purnima Ekadashi Shri Sanatan Chaturmasya be- Goswami Mahotsav gins
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shri Prabodhanand Shri Gopal Bhatt Shri Gopal Bhatt Nagar Sankirtan Saraswati Mahotsav Goswami Disap- Goswami Disap- and procession at pearance Day cele- pearance Day the Raas Mandal bration starts at the special puja at Samadhi Samadhi with 24- Vaishnav Seva and hour Sankirtan Shri Chaitanya Ma- haprabhu’s Shri Shri Chaitanya Ma- prasadi cloth dar- haprabhu’s Shri shan in the Shri prasadi cloth dar- Radharaman Tem- shan in the Shri ple Radharaman Temple 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Shri Loknath Kaamikaa Ekadashi Goswami Mahost- sav
Samadhi puja in the Shri Gokulanand Temple 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Amavasya Hariyali Teej
Hindol (Jhulan) Ut- sav begins July 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 27 28 29 30 31 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Putradaa Ekadashi Offering of Pavitra Ekadashi fasting. Shri Roop Goswamipad Ma- hotsav Samadhi Pujan in Shri Radha Damodar Temple August 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Raksha Bandhan Janmashtami con- celebration in the gregational singing morning. Rakhi is starts in the Shri tied on Shri Rad- Radharaman Tem- haraman Dev’s ple every evening wrist, after until Ashtami) Shringaar Aarti, on *See notes behalf of all sisters and devotees
Hindol Utsav ends
Purnima 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Shri Krishn Jan- Nandotsav Ajaa Ekadashi Shri Gadadhar mashtami fasting Bhatt Appearance **See notes In the evening, Shri Shri Vishwambar Day Chaitanya Ma- Goswami Mahotsav haprabhu’s prasadi cloth darshan in Shri Radharaman Temple 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ganesh Chaturthi Rishi Panchami
Fasting for women + See notes August 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Baldev Shashti Shri Radhashtami Padmaa Ekadashi
31 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. Anant Chaturdashi *Special darshan in different temples on the 04 of August 2020. Deities dressed as follows: Shri Govind (Subal Vesh), Gopinath (Vanvihar), Madanmohan (Rairaja), Radhadamodar (Shyamsakhi), Radhasyamsundar (Naukakhand), Gokulanand (Ravalraja), Amiya Nimai Mahaprabhu (Naagribhav), Shadbhuj Mahaprabhu (Naagarbhav)
**Maha Abhishek archan in the morning in Shri Radharaman Temple and in the Shri Radha Damodar Temple. Maha Abhishek in the night in Shri Radha Govind Temple. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s prasadi cloth darshan in Shri Radharaman Temple
+ Any ill deeds committed by women can be washed away by performing a fast on this auspicious day by the blessings of the an- cient Rishis September 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 Purnima Shrimad Bhagwa- totsav
Sanjhi Utsav and Pitrapaksh begins
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Indiraa Ekadashi
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Amavasya Purshottam month begins Sanjhi Utsav and Pitrapaksh ends
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Purushottami Ekadashi
28 29 30 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. October 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 Purnima
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Purushottami Amavasya Navratra begins Ekadashi Purshottam month ends
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Navratra ends
26 27 28 Shri Raghunath 29 30 31 Notes: Purnima Vijayaa Dashmi Papankushaa Bhatt, Shri Raghu- Sharad Purnima Laghu Sharadotsav fasting is the same Ekadashi nath Das Goswami- Utsav as Ekadashi fasting. Shri Madhvacharya pad and Shri Krish- Appearance Day Kartik Niyam seva ndas Kaviraj Mahot- begins sav November 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Karak Chaturthi Shri Narottamdas Ahoi Ashtami (festival for married Thakur Mahotsav women for marital Shri Ramchandra bliss) Kaviraj Mahotsav Shri Radhakund Dip (at midnight)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ramaa Ekadashi Dhanteras Chhoti Dipawali Dipawali Govardhan Puja
Narak Chaturdashi Hanuman Jayanti Annakoot
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Yam Dwitiya Gopashtami
Bhai Dooj Cow Puja
Shri Vrindavan Das Shrinivas Acharya Thakur Mahotsav Mahotsav Shri Das Gadadhar Mahotsav November 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Akshay Navami Prabodhini/Devot- Purnima Vrat than Ekadashi – the gods awake in Mathura Vrindavan the evening Yugal parikrama
Last day of Chatur- masya and Kartik Niyam Seva
30 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. Maha Raas
Celebration of Shri Chaitanya Ma- haprabhu’s arrival in Vrindavan Kirtan procession starts in Shri Amiya Nimai Temple Shri Damodar Das Goswamipad Ma- hotsav December 2020 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Utpannaa Ekadashi
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Amavasya
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mokshdaa Ekadashi Vyanjan Dwadashi
Special khichdi bhog offering to Shri Radharaman Dev begins
28 29 30 31 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. Purnima Vrat Purnima January 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Saphalaa Ekadashi
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Amavasya Makar Sankranti Shri Jeev Goswami- pad Mahotsav at the Shri Radha Damodar Temple
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Putradaa Ekadashi January 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Khichdi bhog offering Shri Gopinath Das Purnima Shri Gopal Bhatt ends Goswami Mahotsav Goswami’s Ap- begins Shri Gopinath Das pearance Day
Goswami Mahotsav, Sankat Chaturthi Sankirtan and Pujan Vaishnav seva Chandroday at 8:20pm February 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Shattila Ekadashi Mauni Amavasya Kumbh Celebration of Shri Sankranti Chaitanya Ma- habrabhu’s arrival in Varanasi
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Vasant Panchami Shri Advaitacharya Shri Prabhu Appearance Madhwacharya- Shri Vishnupriya Devi Day pad Punyatithi Mahotsav
Shri Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur’s Mahotsav
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Jaya Ekadashi Shriman Nityanand Purnima Vrat Purnima Prabhu’s Appear- ance Day March 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Vijayaa Ekadashi Mahashivratri Shiv Chaturdashi Amavasya Meen Sankranti
Shri Krishn Chaitanya Goswami Mahotsav
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Holi Utsav begins
Congregational singing begins in the Shri Radharaman Temple
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Aamalki Ekadashi Lighting of bonfire on the eve of Holi (Chhoti Holi)
Purnima
Gaur Purnima Abhishek at Amiya Nimai Temple.
Shri Chaitanya Ma- haprabhu’s Shri prasadi cloth dar- shan in the Shri Radharaman Temple March 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
29 30 31 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting. Holi
Dolotsav April 2021 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Paap Mochani Ekadashi
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Somvati Amavasya
Vedic Year Ends
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26 27 28 29 30 Notes: Purnima fasting is the same as Ekadashi fasting.