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Vaishnava Calendar 2020-21 Vaishnava Calendar 2020‐21 (Timings as per Kolkata, India) MARCH 2020 DATE EVENTS CHAITRA 10 Paran by 9:51 am. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Krishna‐Panchami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta 14 Goswami Maharaj. Panchamdol. 17 Krishna‐Ashtami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit. 20 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Papmochani Ekadashi Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 8:54am. Festival on the occasion of Sriman 21 Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Gaur‐Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharya and Tridandi Swami 29 Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Goswami Maharaj. April 2020 DATE EVENTS Gaur‐Navami. Fasting for Sri Rama‐Navami. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saudha 2 Ashram Goswami Maharaj. 96th Appearance of His Divine Grace Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj. 3 Paran by 9.37am 4 Gaur‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Kamada Ekadashi. 5 Gaur‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:37am. Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Balaram. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of 8 Srila Vamsivadanananda Thakur and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Bharati Goswami Maharaj. Krishna‐Shasthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kumud Santa 13 Goswami Maharaj. VAISHAKH 14 Krishna‐Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur. Krishna‐Navami. 3rd Disappearance festival of His Divine Grace Tridandi Swami 16 Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj. 17 Krishna‐Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. 18 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Varuthini Ekadashi. 19 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran between 6.01am and 9.30am Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami. Annual Festival of 23 Baliyati Gadai Gauranga Math. Gaur‐Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aalok Paramhamsa 24 Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Dwitiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Yayavar 25 Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Tritiya. Akshaya‐tritiya. Beginning of 21 days of Chandan‐yatra festival of 26 Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saudha Ashram Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Shankaracharya. Disappearance of 28 Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Goswami Maharaj. 30 Gaur‐Saptami. Jahnu‐Saptami. Sri Sri Jahnavi Puja. May 2020 DATE EVENTS Gaur‐Navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda's potency Sri Jahnava Devi and Sri 2 Rama's potency Sri Sita Devi. 4 Gaur‐Dwadashi. Fasting for Mohini Ekadashi. 5 Gaura‐Trayodashi. Paran by 9.25am. 6 Fasting for Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi, Appearance Day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Purnima. Paran by 9:24am. Sri Krishna's Phul‐dola and Salil Vihar. 7 Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari Das Thakur. Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharya. Sri Buddha Purnima. 8 Krishna‐Pratipad. Disappearance of Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. 12 Krishna‐Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya. JYESTHA 18 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Apara Ekadashi. 19 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:22am. Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. 24 Gaur‐Dwitiya. Annual Festival of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Hyderabad. June 2020 DATE EVENTS Gaur‐Dashami. Dussehra. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata 1 Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu. 2 Gaur‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Nirjala‐Ekadashi. 3 Gaur‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:20am. 4 Gaur‐Trayodasi. Festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati. Purnima. Snan‐yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Festival and fair on the occasion 5 of Sri Jagannath Dev’s Snan‐yatra at Jagadish Pandit's Sripat, Chakdah. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Dutta and Srila Sridhar Pandit. 6 Krishna‐Pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu. 10 Krishna‐Panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakreshwar Pandit. 15 Krishna‐Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Srivas Pandit. ASHAD 17 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Yogini Ekadashi. 18 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:12am. Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami and Srila 21 Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur. (Solar Eclipse , 10.46am to 2.17pm) 22 Gaur‐Pratipad. Gundicha Marjan at Sridham Puri. Gaur‐Dwitiya. Ratha‐yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Annual Festival at Sree 23 Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Grand Road, Puri on the occasion of Ratha‐yatra. Disappearance of Srila Swarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu. 27 Gaur‐Saptami. Hera‐Panchami. Sri Sri Lakshmi Vijay. Gaur‐Dashami. Disappearance of Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Goswami 30 Maharaj. July 2020 DATE EVENTS Gaur‐Ekadashi. Punar Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival). Annual Festival of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Agartala on the occasion of return car 1 festival. Fasting for Shayan Ekadashi. Beginning of Chaturmasya. Beginning of observance of Chaturmasya Vrata (when started on Ekadashi). 2 Gaur‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9.27am Purnima. Guru Purnima. Disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami. Beginning of 5 observance of Chaturmasya Vrata (when started on Purnima). Krishna‐Dwitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon 7 Goswami Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saurabh Bhaktisar Goswami Maharaj. 11 Krishna‐Sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami. 13 Krishna‐Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami. 16 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi. SHRAVAN 17 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9.31am. Amavasya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev 20 Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Raghunandan Thakur and Srila Vamsi 24 Das Babaji Maharaj. Gaur‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Pavitraropani Ekadashi. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra 30 Festival of Sri Sri Radha Govinda. Gaur‐Dwadashi. Paran between 6.11am and 9.33 am. Disappearance of Srila 31 Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das Pandit Goswami. August 2020 DATE EVENTS Purnima. Fasting for Appearance of Sri Baladeva. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri 3 Radha Govinda. 4 Paran by 9:33am. Krishna‐Ashtami. Fasting for Sri Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Appearance of Sri Krishna. Festival at Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Mayapur and at its other 12 branches in India. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vikash Hrishikesh Goswami Maharaj. Krishna‐Navami. Paran by 9.33am. Sri Nandotsava. Festival at Sri Chaitanya 13 Gaudiya Math, Mayapur and at its other branches in India. 15 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Annada Ekadashi. 16 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9.33am. BHADRA 23 Gaur‐Panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu. 25 Gaur‐Saptami. Sri Lalita‐saptami. Gaur‐Ashtami. Sri Radhashtami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. 26 Fasting till noon. 29 Gaur‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Parsva Ekadashi. Sri Hari Parshwa‐parivartan. Gaur Dwadashi, Paran by 9.04am. Sri Vaman Dwadashi. Appearance of Lord 30 Vamandev. Appearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu. 31 Gaur‐Trayodashi. Appearance of Srila Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur. September 2020 DATE EVENTS 1 Gaur‐Chaturdashi. Sri Ananta Chaturdashi. Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur. 2 Purnima. Sri Vishwarup Mahotsav. Krishna‐Sashti. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Siddhanti 8 Goswami Maharaj. 13 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Indira Ekadashi. 14 Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:31am. 18 Purushottam Vrata begins 27 Gaur Ekadashi. Fasting for Padmini Ekadashi. 28 Gaur Dwadashi. Paran by 9.29am October 2020 DATE EVENTS 13 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Parama Ekadashi 14 Krishna Dwadashi, Paran by 9.28am. 16 Purushottam Vrata Ends. KARTIK Gaur‐Chaturthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pramode Puri 20 Goswami Maharaj. 23 Gaur‐ Saptami. Sri Sri Durga Puja Gaur‐Dashami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sripad 26 Madhavacharya. 27 Gaur‐Ekadashi. Kartik Vrata begins. Fasting for Pashankusha Ekadashi. Gaur‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:29am. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das 28 Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami. Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari 31 Gupta and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pragyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj. Beginning of Kartik‐vrata (if begun from Purnima). November 2020 DATE EVENTS Krishna‐Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav 1 Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj. Krishna‐Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Puri 3 Goswami Maharaj. 5 Krishna‐Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottam Thakur. Krishna Sasthi, Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Yayavar 6 Goswami Maharaj. Krishna‐Ashtami. Bahulashtami. Appearance of Sri Radha‐kunda. Bathing 8 festival at Sri Radhakunda. Krishna‐Navami. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu and Tridandi Swami 9 Srimad Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan Das Babaji Maharaj. 11 Krishna‐Ekadashi. Fasting for Sri Rama Ekadashi. Krishna‐Dwadashi. Paran by 9:32 am. Holy arrival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu 12 at Sripat Panihati 14 Krishna‐Chaturdashi. Offering of 14 lamps in Vishnu Temple. 15 Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering of lamps in Vishnu Temple. Gaur‐Pratipad. Sri Govardhan‐puja. Annakut Mahotsava. Go‐puja and Go‐krida. 16 Appearance of Srila Rasikananda Prabhu. Bali daityaraj puja. Bhatri‐Dwitiya (Bhai Dhuj). AGRAHAYAN Gaur‐Dwitiya. Disappearance of Srila Vasu Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of 17 Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Panchami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Siddhanti 19 Goswami Maharaj. Gaur‐Ashtami. Sri Gopashtami and Goshashtami. Go‐puja and Go‐gras‐dan. 22 Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Das Goswami,
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