JANUARY 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Ekādaśī Pradosh Amavasya

“Let a man lift himself by his own self alone, let him not lower himself; for this self alone is the friend of oneself and this self alone is the enemy of oneself.” 01 -The Bhagavad Gita

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Krishna Puja Pausha Maas Begins

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rama Puja MAKARA Ekādaśī Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek SANKRANTHI Satyanaryana Pradosh Katha

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Shiva Puja Chaturthi REPUBLIC DAY Ganesh Purnima Abhishek LUNAR ECLIPSE (TEMPLE CLOSED)

27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Lakshminarayan Ekādaśī Puja Notes: Jan 20: Lunar Eclipse Visilbe in Phoenix From 8:34 PM to 11:50 PM

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WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “One should strive and employ oneself to uplift oneself. One should never dishonor oneself. The self is one’s friend as well as one’s enemy.” 02 -The Bhagavad Gita

FEBRUARY 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Pradosh

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Krishna Puja Amavasya Magha Maas Vasant Begins Panchami

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rama Puja Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek Pradosh Ekādaśī

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shiva Puja Purnima Chaturthi Ganesh Satyanarayan Katha Abhishek

24 25 26 27 28 1 2 Lakshminarayan Puja Notes:

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WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “Blessed is the human birth; even the dwellers in heaven desire this birth; for true knowledge and pure love may be attained only by a human being.” 03 -The Bhagavad Gita

March 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 Ekādaśī

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Krishna Puja MAHA Amavasya Phalguna Maas Begins Pradosh SHIVARATRI

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rama Puja Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shiva Puja Pradosh Purnima Chaturthi Ganesh Ekādaśī Satyanarayan Abhishek Katha Holika Dahan 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lakshminarayan Puja

31 1 2 3 4 Notes: 5 6 Ekādaśī Sarva Devta Puja

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WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.” 04 -The Bhagavad Gita

April 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pradosh Amavasya Gudi Padwa Yogadi Chetichand Chaitra Navratri Telugu & Kannada New Year Balaji Abhishek 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Krishna Puja RAMA NAVAMI Gauri Puja Gangaur

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rama Puja Ekādaśī Pradosh HANUMAN Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Tamil New Year JAYANTI Abhishek Solar New Year Purnima Satyanarayan Katha 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Shiva Puja Chaturthi Grand Balaji Ganesh Kalyanam Abhishek

28 29 30 1 2 3 4 Lakshminarayan Ekādaśī Notes: Puja

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “One who has control over the mind is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor; and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self.” 05 -The Bhagavad Gita

May 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 Pradosh Amavasya Notes:

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Krishna Puja Akshaya Tritiya Vaisakh Maas Begins

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rama Puja Ekādaśī Pradosh Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek Purnima Satyanarayan Katha

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Shiva Puja Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek

26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Lakshminarayan Ekādaśī Pradosh Puja GOOD FRIDAY

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA That with the help of which we can know the truth, control the restless mind, and purify the soul is called knowledge. 06 - Mahavira

June 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Amavasya

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Krishna Puja Jyestha Maas Vat Savitri Vrat Begins Amavasyal Shani Jayanti 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rama Puja Neerjala Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek Ekādaśī Pradosh

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Shiva Puja Chaturthi Ganesh Purnima Abhishek Satyanarayan Katha 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Lakshminarayan Ekādaśī Pradosh Puja

30 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes: Sarva Devta Puja

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.” 07 -The Bhagavad Gita

July 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 Amavasya Ashada Maas Jagannath Begins Ratha Yatra

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Krishna Puja Ekādaśī Pradosh

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rama Puja Guru Purnima Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek Satyanarayan Katha Chaturthi Ganesh Abhishek

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Shiva Puja Ekādaśī

28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Lakshminarayan Pradosh Amavasya Puja Notes:

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “What the outstanding person does, others will try to do. The standards such people create will be followed by the whole world.” 08 -The Bhagavad Gita

August 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Notes: Shravan Maas Haryali Teej Begin

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Krishna Puja Vara Ekādaśī Mahalakshmi Nag Panchami Puja (Shukla Paksha)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rama Puja Pradosh Purnima INDIA Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Satyanarayan INDEPENDENCE Abhishek Katha DAY Raksha Bandhan Upakarma (Thread Change) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Shiva Puja Nag Panchami SRIKRISHNA (Krishna JANMASHTAMI Chaturthi Paksha) Ganesh Abhishek

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Lakshmi Ekādaśī Pradosh Amavasya Bhadrapada Narayan Puja Maas Begins

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “The soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self; there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.” 09 -The Bhagavad Gita

September 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hartalika Teej GANESH Rishi Panchami Radha Ashtami Krishna Puja CHATURDI

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rama Puja Ekādaśī Pradosh Ananth Purnima Pitru Paksha Chaturdashi Begins Satyanarayan Ganesh Katha Visarjan

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Shiva Puja Chaturthi Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Ganesh Abhishek Abhishek

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Lakshminarayan Ekādaśī Pradosh Amavasya Puja Pitru Paksha End

29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Navratri Begins Ghat Sthapana Notes: Ashwina Maas Sep 02: Ganesh Chaturthi Begins Puja Before 1:24 PM MST

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “There is more happiness in doing one’s own (path) without excellence than in doing another’s (path) well.” 10 -The Bhagavad Gita

October 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 DURGA ASHTAMI HAVAN

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Krishna Puja DUSSEHRA Ekādaśī Pradosh Maha Navami DURGA VISARJAN Navratri End Saraswati Puja Kanya Puja

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rama Puja Chaturthi Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Ganesh Abhishek Sharad Abhishek Purnima KARWA Satyanarayana CHAUTH Katha

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Shiva Puja Ekādaśī Dhanteras Kali Chaudas Narak Chaudas Pradosh

27 28 29 30 31 1 2 DEEPAWALI Goverdhan Bhai Dooj Puja Notes: Mahalakshmi Puja Gujrat New Year Amavasya Kartik Maas Begins

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes.” 11 -The Bhagavad Gita

November 2019 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Laabh Chhat Puja Notes: Panchami

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Krishna Puja Devutthana Tulsi Vivaah Pradosh Ekādaśī JALARAM JAYANTHI

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rama Puja Purnima Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Abhishek Satyanarayan Katha Chaturthi Ganesh Tulsi Vivah Abhishek

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Shiva Puja Ekādaśī Pradosh

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Lakshminarayan Amavasya Margshirsh Puja Maas Begins

WISHESH DIGITAL MEDIA “Whatever the state of being that a man may focus upon at the end, when he leaves his body, to that state of being he will go.” 12 -The Bhagavad Gita

December 2019

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Krishna Puja Ekādaśī Geeta Jayanti

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rama Puja Pradosh Purnima Chaturthi Ganesh Satyanarayan Abhishek Katha

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Shiva Puja Dhanurmas Mahalakshmi Balaji Abhishek Starts Abhishek Ekādaśī

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Lakshminarayan Pradosh Amavasya Pausha Maas Puja Begins

29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Sarva Devta Puja Notes:

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