Festivals in 2016 Festivals highlighted in yellow are important Datta Peetham festivals. For more information on Datta Peetham festivals or dates, please write to [email protected] www.dattapeetham.com
JANUARY 01 Friday English New Year 02 Saturday Pradhana Anaghashtami 08 Friday Masa Shivaratri 09 Saturday Amavasya 11 Monday Narasimha Saraswati Jayanti 14 Thursday Bhogi 15 Friday Makara Sankranti, Pongal 16 Saturday Kanuma 17 Sunday Savitri Gowri Vrata 20 Wednesday Ekadashi 24 Sunday Leela Vishwambhara Datta Avatara - Surat Ashrama 27 Wednesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi FEBRUARY 01 Monday Anagha Vrata 06 Saturday Shani Trayodashi 07 Sunday Masa Shivaratri 10 Wednesday Chandra Darshan Kumbha Sankramana, Sri Panchami, Marakata Rajarajeswari 13 Saturday Puja 14 Sunday Ratha Saptami, Surappa Poundarikayaji Aradhana 15 Monday Bhishma Ashtami 16 Tuesday Madhva Navami 17 Wednesday Pithapuram Ashrama Anagha Datta Swami Brahmotsava 18 Thursday Bhishma Ekadashi 20 Saturday Shani Trayodashi Magha Purnima, Maha Maghi, Siddharaja Datta Avatara - 22 Monday Cochin Ashrama 26 Friday Sankashtahara Chaturthi MARCH Saint Tyagaraja Aradhana & Sri Venkatamakhi 06 Sunday Samsmaranotsava 07 Monday Maha Shivaratri 09 Wednesday Surya Grahana, Solar Eclipse 14 Monday Meena Sankramana 18 Friday Jnana Sagara Datta Avatara - Anantapur Ashrama 19 Saturday Ekadashi 23 Wednesday Holi Festival, Lakshmi Jayanti 27 Sunday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 31 Thursday Anagha Vrata APRIL 03 Sunday Ekadashi 06 Wednesday Masa Shivaratri 07 Thursday Sarva Amavasya 08 Friday Durmukhi Nama Samvatsara Yugadi, Chandra Darshan 12 Tuesday Vasanta Panchami 13 Wednesday Mesha Sankramana 14 Thursday Solar New Year, Tamil New Year 15 Friday Sri Rama Navami 17 Sunday Sarva Ekadashi Chaitra Purnima, Vishwammbaravadhoota Datta Avatara - 22 Friday Akividu 25 Monday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 30 Saturday Anagha Vrata MAY 05 Thursday Masa Shivaratri 09 Monday Akshaya Tritiya 10 Tuesday Vinayaka Chaturthi, Ramanuja Jayanti 11 Wednesday Shankaracharya Jayanti, Sri Jayalakshmi Mata Aradhana 14 Saturday Vrishabha Sankramana 15 Sunday Annual Veda Examinations Narasimha Jayanti 20 Friday Mayamuktavadhoota Datta Avatara- Achcharapakkam 17th Brahmotsavam of Sri Datta Venkateswara Kshetram (22nd to 27th) 74th Birthday Celebrations of Sadgurudeva 22 Sunday Parama Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji (22nd to 29th) 50th Anniversary (golden jubilee) of Mysore Ashrama 25 Wednesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 29 Sunday Anagha Vrata 31 Tuesday Hanuman Jayanti JUNE 01 Wednesday Sarva Ekadashi 03 Friday Masa Shivaratri 06 Monday Chandra Darshana 14 Tuesday Mithuna Sankramana Nirjala Ekadashi, Paduka worship of Sadgurudeva Pujya Sri 16 Thursday Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji. 17 Friday Kurma Jayanti 20 Monday Dattavadhoota Avatara - Hyderabad 23 Thursday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 28 Tuesday Anagha Vrata 30 Thursday Smarta Ekadashi JULY 02 Saturday Shani Trayodashi 03 Sunday Masa Shivaratri 04 Monday Sarva Amavasya 06 Wednesday Jagannath Rathayatra 08 Friday Ashadha Shukravara Puja begins 15 Friday Toli Ekadashi, Shayana Ekadashi 16 Saturday Dakshinayana begins, Karkataka Sankramana 17 Sunday Pradosh Vrat, Jayaparvati Vrat Begins Vyasa Puja, Guru Purnima, Adiguru Datta Avatara – Chennai, 19 Tuesday Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji’s 13th Chaturmasya Vrata begins in Mysore Ashrama 22 Friday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 27 Wednesday Anagha Vrata AUGUST 01 Monday Masa Shivaratri Shravana Shanivara Pujas to Sri Datta Venkateswara Swami 06 Saturday begins 07 Sunday Naga Panchami, Garuda Panchami 10 Wednesday Swami Narahariteertha Aradhana Samskarahina Shivaswaroopa Datta Avatara - 11 Thursday Jayalakshmipuram Varalakshmi Vrata, 12 Friday Krishna Pushkara begins 16 Tuesday Simha Sankramana 17 Wednesday Rigveda Upakarma, Shravana Purnima, Rakhi, Hayagriva Jayanti, Yajurveda 18 Thursday Upakarma 25 Thursday Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Anagha Vrata 30 Tuesday Masa Shivaratri SEPTEMBER 01 Thursday Polala Amavasya 04 Sunday Samaveda Upakarma, Gowri Habba, Swarna Gowri Vrata Vinayaka Chaturthi (Ganapathy Festival) Sripadavallabha 05 Monday Jayanti 06 Tuesday Rishi Panchami 14 Wednesday Devadeva Datta Avatara - Nuzvid 15 Thursday Ananta Padmanabha Vrata 16 Friday Umamaheshwara Vrata 17 Saturday Mahalaya Paksha begins 19 Monday Sankashtahara Chaturthi, Undralla Tadde, Brihatyumavrata 20 Tuesday Maha Bharani 23 Friday Vyateepanmahalaya 24 Saturday Anagha Vrata 29 Thursday Masa Shivaratri 30 Friday Mahalaya Amavasya OCTOBER 01 Saturday Sri Devi Navaratri starts 08 Saturday Saraswati Puja 09 Sunday Durga Ashtami 10 Monday Maha Navami, Ayudha Puja, Chandi Homa 11 Tuesday Vijayadashami 16 Sunday Digambara Datta Avatara – Rishikesh, Valmiki Jayanti 17 Monday Tula Sankramana 18 Tuesday Atla Tadde, Chandrodayomavrata 19 Wednesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 23 Sunday Anagha Vrata 28 Friday Masa Shivaratri 29 Saturday Narak Chaturdashi 30 Sunday Deepavali, Lakshmi Puja 31 Monday Bali Padyami, Kartika Somavara Puja begins NOVEMBER 01 Tuesday Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam 03 Thursday Nagula Chavithi 10 Thursday Prabodhana Ekadashi Ksheerabdi Dwadashi, Shyamakamala lochana Datta Avatara - 11 Friday Vijayawada 12 Saturday Shani Trayodashi 13 Sunday Vaikuntha Chaturdashi, Manikarnika Snan, Chaumasi Chaudas Kartika Purnima, Jwala toranam, Datta Yogiraja Avatara – 14 Monday Bengaluru, Nehru Jayanti 15 Tuesday Atrivarada Datta Avatara - Machilipatnam 16 Wednesday Vrischika Sankramana, Datta Digambara Avatara - Gandigunta 17 Thursday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 22 Tuesday Anagha vrata 25 Friday Sarva Ekadashi 27 Sunday Masa Shivaratri, Dhanvantari Jayanti DECEMBER 01 Thursday Yogiraja Vallabha Datta Avatara - Proddatur 05 Monday Subrahmanya Sashti, Kavadi Utsava 10 Saturday Gita Jayanti, Ekadashi 11 Sunday Datta Jayanti Begins Hanumadvratam, Karyasiddhi Anjaneyaswami Puja, Datta 12 Monday Jayanti 13 Tuesday Margashirsha Purnima, Dattatreya Jayanti 16 Friday Dhanussankramana, Dhanurmasa begins 17 Saturday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 21 Wednesday Pradhana Anaghashtami 25 Sunday Christmas 27 Tuesday Masa Shivaratri 31 Saturday Narasimha Saraswati Jayanti - Ganagapura