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Vaishnava Calendar Mlr 2017-2018 VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2017-2018 (Gourabda 530 - 531) Month Date Event Breaking Fast Mon 13th Festival of Jagannath Misra ---- Mar 2017 Fri 24th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Wed 5th Sri Rama Navami Fasting till Sunset Fri 7th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Their Lordships' 20th Brahmotsava celebrations Mon 10th begin (in Bangalore) - Dhvaja Arohana Apr 2017 Fri 14th Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana Wed 19th Brahma Ratha ---- Brahmotsava celebrations end (in Bangalore) Fri 21st ---- - Dhvaja Avarohana Sun 23rd Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise Sat 29th Akshaya Tritiya ---- Sat 6th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Narasimha Chaturdashi: Tue 9th Fasting till dusk May 2017 Appearance of Lord Narasimhadeva Mon 22nd Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Mon 5th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Wed 7th Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava Jun 2017 Tue 20th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Sat 24th Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Disappearance Fasting till noon Sun 25th Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra ---- Mon 3rd Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra ---- Tue 4th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting Sun 9th ---- July 2017 from Shak (green leafy vegetables) for one month Founding Day (As per the Founding Document: Thu 13th CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ISKCON) Thu 20th Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise Thu 3rd Ekadashi and Jhulan Yatra begins Next day after Sunrise Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Balarama Mon 7th Jhulan Yatra ends Fasting till noon Second month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from yogurt for one month. Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion begins Sun 13th (as per Jaladuta Diary ) Sri Krishna Janmashtami: Aug 2017 Tue 15th Fasting till midnight Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna Wed 16th Sri Vyasa Puja: Appearance of Srila Prabhupada Fasting till noon Fri 18th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja Smaranam Sun 20th (additional) Tue 29th Radhashtami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani Fasting till noon www.iskconmangalore.org Fasting till noon today Sat 2nd Ekadashi in addition to regular Ekadashi fasting. Next day Feast after Sunrise Sun 3rd Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Fasting observed the Vamanadeva previous day till noon Sep 2017 Mon 4th Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance Fasting till noon Wed 6th Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada sannyasa smriti) Third month of Chaturmasya begins. ---- Fasting from milk for one month. Sat 16th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion ends Tue 19th (as per Jaladuta Diary ) Sat 30th Dusshera Festival (in Mysore) ---- Sun 1st Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Thu 5th Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from Urad dal for one month. ---- KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS (in Bangalore) Oct 2017 Sun 15th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Fri 20th Govardhana Puja, Go Puja ---- Mon 23rd Srila Prabhupada - Disappearance Fasting till noon Tue 31st Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance Fasting till noon today Ekadashi in addition to regular Ekadashi fasting. Next day Feast after Sunrise Wed 1st Utthana Dvadashi,Tulasi Puja festival Sat 4th Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS ---- Nov 2017 DEEPOTSAVA ENDS (in Bangalore) Sat 11nd Srila Prabhupada Diksha Diwasa Tue 14th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Ekadashi Thu 30th Next day after Sunrise Gita Jayanthi Thu 7th Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Fasting till noon Disappearance Wed 13th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Dec 2017 Fri 29th Vaikuntha Ekadashi (Pls reconfirm two months Next day after Sunrise before) Sat 13th Mahadvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise Wed 24th Sri Advaita Acharya - Appearance Fasting till noon Fasting till noon today Jan 2018 Sun 28th Ekadashi (Mahadvadasi), (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) in addition to regular Ekadashi fasting. Next day Feast after Sunrise Sri Varahadeva - Appearance; Fasting observed the Mon 29th Nityananda Trayodashi: previous day till noon Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu Mon 5th Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Fasting till noon Appearance Feb 2018 Sun 11th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Mon 26th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise Sri Gaura Poornima: Appearance of Sri Mar 2018 Fri 2nd Fasting till Moonrise Chaitanya Mahaprabhu www.iskconmangalore.org VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2017-2018 (Gourabda 530 - 531) Other Important Dates and Events Month Date Event Mar 2017 Tue 21st Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Appearance Sat 25th Sri Govinda Ghosh -- Disappearance Sat 1st Sri Ramanujacarya -- Appearance Sri Vamsivadana Thakura -- Appearance Tue 11th Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Appearance Apr 2017 Tue 18th Sri Abhirama Thakura -- Disappearance Fri 21st Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance Wed 26th Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Appearance Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) -- Appearance Thu 4th Sri Madhu Pandita -- Disappearance Srimati Jahnava Devi -- Appearance Mon 8th Sri Jayananda Prabhu -- Disappearance Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance May 2017 Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji -- Appearance Wed 10th Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Appearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Appearance Tue 16th Sri Ramananda Raya -- Disappearance Tue 23rd Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -- Disappearance Sun 4th Ganga Puja Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini -- Appearance Sri Mukunda Datta -- Disappearance Fri 9th Sri Sridhara Pandita -- Disappearance Sat 10th Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Disappearance Jun 2017 Wed 14th Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Appearance Mon 19th Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Disappearance Sat 24th Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Disappearance Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami -- Disappearance Sun 25th Sri Sivananda Sena -- Disappearance Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra) Thu 29th Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Disappearance Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Sun 9th Srila Sanatana Gosvami -- Disappearance Fri 14th Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Disappearance Jul 2017 Mon 17th Srila Lokanatha Gosvami -- Disappearance Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Disappearance Thu 27th Sri Vamsidasa Babaji -- Disappearance Srila Rupa Gosvami -- Disappearance Fri 4th Aug 2017 Sri Gauridasa Pandita -- Disappearance Sat 26th Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita's consort) -- Appearance Sun 3rd Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Appearance Sep 2017 Tue 5th Srila Haridasa Thakura -- Disappearance www.iskconmangalore.org Sep 2017 Sat 30th Sri Madhvacarya -- Appearance Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance Mon 2nd Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami -- Disappearance Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami -- Disappearance Thu 5th Sri Murari Gupta -- Disappearance Tue 10th Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance Appearance of Radha Kunda, snana dana Oct 2017 Fri 13th Bahulastami Sri Virabhadra -- Appearance Fri 20th Sri Rasikananda -- Appearance Sat 21st Sri Vasudeva Ghosh -- Disappearance Gopastami, Gosthastami Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance Sat 28th Sri Dhananjaya Pandita -- Disappearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Disappearance Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami -- Disappearance Fri 3rd Sri Kasisvara Pandita -- Disappearance Sri Krsna Rasayatra Sat 4th Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage) Sri Nimbarkacarya -- Appearance Nov 2017 Tue 14th Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura -- Disappearance Wed 15th Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa -- Disappearance Thu 16th Sri Saranga Thakura -- Disappearance Thu 30th Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita Wed 13th Sri Devananda Pandita -- Disappearance Sri Mahesa Pandita -- Disappearance Fri 15th Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura -- Disappearance Dec 2017 Tue 19th Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Disappearance Thu 21st Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Disappearance Sat 30th Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Appearance Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja -- Disappearance Sat 6th Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Appearance Sun 7th Sri Jayadeva Gosvami -- Disappearance Mon 8th Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance Srimati Visnupriya Devi -- Appearance Sarasvati Puja Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura -- Disappearance Jan 2018 Mon 22nd Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi -- Appearance Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Appearance Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Appearance Fri 26th Sri Madhvacarya -- Disappearance Sat 27th Sri Ramanujacarya -- Disappearance Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava Wed 31st Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Mon 5th Sri Purusottama Das Thakura -- Disappearance Mon 12th Sri Isvara Puri -- Disappearance Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji -- Disappearance Feb 2018 Fri 16th Sri Rasikananda -- Disappearance Mon 19th Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Tue 27th Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Disappearance Mar 2018 Fri 9th Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Appearance www.iskconmangalore.org.
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