2021 Dallas Vaisnava Calendar 11 – Sun Amavasya (Time adjusted to Daylight Savings time) 14 – Wed Tulasi Jala Dan begins. 17 – Sat Sri Ramanujacarya App. January 21 – Wed Rama Navami: App. of Lord Sri Ramacandra (Fast 2 - Sat Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Dis today) (Fast till noon) 23 – Fri Kamada Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 9 – Sat Saphala Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 24 – Sat Break fast 06:46 – 08:49 Trisprsa Mahadvadasi Damanakaropana Dvadasi Sri Devananda Pandita Dis. 26 – Mon Purnima. Balarama Rasayatra 10 – Sun Break fast 07:30 – 10:53 Sri Krishna Vasanta Rasa Sri Mahesh Pandita Dis. Sri Vamsivadana Thakura App. Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura Dis. Sri Syamandada Prabhu App. 12 – Tue Amavasya 13 – Wed Sri Locana Dasa Thakura App. May 14 – Thurs Ganga Sagara Mela 2 – Sun Sri Abhirama Thakura Dis. 15 – Fri Srila Jiva Goswami Dis. 5 – Wed Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura Dis. Sri Jagadisa Pandira Dis. 7 – Fri Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi 24 – Sun Putrada Ekadasi (fasting from grains & beans) Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi (No grains & beans) 25 – Mon Break fast 07:26 – 10:55 8 – Sat Break fast 06:33 – 06:53 Sri Jagadisa Pandita App. 11 – Tue Amavasya 28 – Thurs Purnima, Sri Krishna Pusya Abhiseka Sri Gadadhara Pandita App. 13 – Thurs Tulasi Jala Dan ends February 14 – Fri Aksaya Tritiya 1 – Mon Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja Dis. Candana Yatra starts, continues for 21 days Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami App. 16 – Sun Dallas Neighborhood Rathyatra 2 – Tue Sri Jayadeva Gosvami Dis. 18 – Tue Jahnu Saptami 3 – Wed Sri Lovana Dasa Thakura Dis. 20 – Thurs Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) App 7 – Sun Sat-tila Ekadasi (fasting from grains & beans) Sri Madhu Pandita Dis. 8 – Mon Break fast 07:16 – 10:53 Srimati Jahnava devi App. 11- Thurs Amavasya 22 – Sat Mohini Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 16 – Tue Vasanta Pancami 23- Sun Break fast 06:23 – 11:03 Srimati Visnupriya Devi App. Rukmini Dvadasi Sarasvati Puja 24 – Mon Sri Jayananda Prabhu Dis. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura Dis. 25 – Tue Nrsimha Caturdasi: App. of Lord Nrsimhadeva (Fast till Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi App. susk dusk) Sri Raghunandana Thakura App. Purnima Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami App. 26 – Wed Krishna Phula Dola, Salila Vihara 18 – Thurs Sr Advaita Acarya App. (Fast till noon) Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura Dis 19 – Fri Bhismastami Sri Sri Radha Ramana Devaji App. 20 – Sat Sri Madhvacarya Dis. Sri Madhavendra Puri App. 21 – Sun Sri Ramanujacarya Dis Sri Srinivasa Acarya – App. 23 – Tue Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi (no grains & beans) 30 – Sun Sri Ramananda Raya – Dis. Varaha Dvadasi: App. of Lord Varahadeva Fast till noon for Lord Varaha and Lord Nityananda 24 – Wed Break fast 07:00 – 10:47 June Nityananda Trayodasi: App. of Sri Nityananda Prabhu 5 – Sat Apara Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) (Fasting is done yesterday) 6 – Sun Break fast 06:18 – 11:03 26 – Fri Purnima Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura App. Sri Krishna Madhura Utsava 9 – Wed Amavasya Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura App. 20 – Sun Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana Dis. Ganga Puja March Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini App. 3 – Wed Sri Purusottama Das Thakura Dis 21 – Mon Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi (Total fast, even from water Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura App. (Fast till if you have broken Ekadasi) noon noon) 22 – Tue Break fast 06:19 – 11:06 8 – Mon Vijaya Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava 9 – Tue Break fast 09:29 – 10:40 24 – Thurs Purnima Sri Isvara Puri Dis. Snana Yatra 11 – Thurs Siva Ratri Sri Mukunda Datta Dis. 12 – Fri Amavasya Sri Sridhara Pandita Dis. 13 – Sat Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Dis. 25 – Fri Sri Syamananda Prabhu dis. Sri Rasikananda Dis. 28 – Mon Sri Vakresvara Pandita App. 14 – Sun First day of daylight saving time 17 – Wed Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura App. July 24 – Wed Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 4 – Sun Sri Srivasa Pandita Dis. 25 – Thurs Break fast 07:23 – 11:30 5 – Mon Yogini Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Sri Madhavendra Puri Dis. 6 – Tue Break fast 06:25 – 11:09 28 – Sun Purnima, Gaura Purnima: App. of Sri Caitanya Maha 9 – Fri Amavasya prabhu (Fasting till moon rise) Sri Gadadhara Pandita Dis 29 – Mon Festival of Jagannatha Misra Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakrua Dis. (Fast till noon) 10 – Sat Gundica Marjana 11 – Sun Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra April Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami Dis. 4 – Sun Sri Srivasa Pandita App. Sri Sivananda Sena Dis. 7 – Wed Papamocani Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Dallas Candana Yatra 8 – Thurs Break fast 07:05 – 11:21 15 – Thurs Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra) Sri Govinda Ghosh Dis. Sri Vakresvara Pandita Dis. 19 – Mon Return Ratha (8 days after Ratha Yatra) Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami Dis. 20 – Tue Sayana Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami Dis. Trisprsa Mahadvadasi 17 – Sun Break fast 07:33 – 11:19 21 – Wed Break fast 06:33 – 11:13 19 – Tue Last day of the 3rd Caturmasya month (Purnima 23 – Fri Purnima, Guru Purnima system) Srila Sanatana Gosvami Dis. 20 – Wed Purnima 1st month of Caturmasaya begins (Purnima System) Sri Krishna Saradiya Rasayatra (Green leafy vegetables fast for 1 month) Sri Murari Gupta Dis. 28 – Wed Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami Dis. Laksmi Puja 31 – Sat Srila Lokanantha Gosvami Dis. 4th month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) (Urad dal fast for 1 month) August Kartika begins 1 – Sun The incorporation of ISKCON in New York 25 – Mon Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Dis. 3 – Tue Kamika Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 28 – Thurs App. of Radha Kunda, snana dana 4 – Wed Break fast after 11:18 Bahulastami 8 – Sun Amavasya 29 – Fri Sri Virabhadra App. 11 – Wed Sri Raghunandana Thakura Dis. 31 – Sun Rama Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Sri Vamsidasa Babaji Dis. 18 – Wed Pavitropana Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) November Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins 1 – Mon Break fast 08:26 – 11:22 19 – Thurs Break fast 06:53 – 11:18 4 – Thurs Amavasya Srila Rupa Gosvami Dis. Dipa dana, Dipavali, Kali Puja Sri Gauridasa Pandita Dis. 5 – Fri Go Puja, Go Krda, Govardhana Puja 21 – Sat Last day of the 1st Catumasya month (Purnima system) Bali Daityaraja Puja 22 – Sun Purnima Sri Rasikananda App Jhulana Yatra ends 6 – Sat Sri Vasudeva Ghosh Dis. Lord Balarama App. (Fast till noon) Last day of Daylight Saving Time 2nd month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) 7 – Sun Srila Prabhupada dis. (Fast till noon) (Yogurt fast for 1 month) 11 – Thurs Gopastami, Gosthastami 23 – Mon Srila Prabhupada’s departure for the USA Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami Dis. 30 – Mon Sri Krishna Janmastami: App. of Lord Sri Krishna Sri Dhananjaya Pandita Dis. (Fast till midnight) Sri Srinivasa Acarya Dis. 31 – Tue Nandotsava 12 – Fri Jagaddhatri Puja Srila Prabhupada App. (Fast till noon) 14 – Sun Utthana Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Dis. (Fast till noon) September First day of Bhisma Pancaka 2 – Thurs Annada Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 15 – Mon Break fast 06:57 – 10:27 3 – Fri Break fast 07:03 – 11:18 17 – Wed Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami Dis. 11 – Sat Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita’s consort) App. Sri Kasisvara Pandita Dis. 12 – Sun Lalita Sasti Last of the 4th Caturmasya month (Purnima system) Dallas Boat Festival 18 – Thurs Purnima 13 – Mon Radhastami: App. of Srimati Radharani (Fast till noon) Sri Krishna Rasayatra Festival of Flower Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha 16 – Thurs Parsva Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Sri Nimbarkacarya App. (Fast till noon for Lord Vamanadeva App) Last day of Bhisma Pancaka 17 – Fri Break fast 07:12 – 11:18 Last day of Kartik Sri Vamana Dvadasi: App of Lord Vamanadeva 19 – Fri Katyayani vrata begins (Fasting is done yesterday) 30 – Tue Utpanna Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Srila Jiva Gosvami App. Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura Dis. 18 – Sat Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura App. (Fast till noon) 19 – Sun Ananta Caturdasi Vrata December Srila Haridasa Thakura Dis. 1 – Wed Break fast 07:11 -10:34 Last day of the 2nd Caturmasya month (Purnima Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa Dis. system) 2 – Thurs Sri Saranga Thakura Dis. 20 – Mon Purnima 3 – Fri Amavasya Sri Visvarup Mahotsava 9 – Thurs Odana sasthi Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada 14 – Tue Moksada Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 3rd month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) Gita Jayanti - Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita (Milk fast for 1 month) 15 – Wed Break fast 07:22 – 10:42 27 – Mon Srila Prabhupada ‘s arrival in the USA 18 – Sat Purnima Katyayani vrata ends October 22 – Wed Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Dis. 2 – Sat Indira Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) (Fast till noon) 3 – Sun Break fast 07:22 – 11:18 29 – Wed Utpanna Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) 12 – Tue Durga Puja Sri Devananda Pandita Dis. 15 – Fri Ramacandra Vijayotsava 30 – Thurs Break fast 07:29 – 10:49 Sri Madhvacarya App. 31 – Fri New Year Eve 16 – Sat Pasankusa Ekadasi (Fasting from grains & beans) Sri Mahesa Pandita Dis. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami Dis. Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura Dis.