Śrī Gaurābda 530 — 2015–2016 Śrī Gauḍīya Festival Dates Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh March 2015 16. (Tue) Amāvasyā. Disappearance of Śrīla Gadādhar Paṇḍit and Śrīla Sachchidānanda Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur. viṣṇu puruṣottam 6. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Pratipad. Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā pāraṇ by 9:47 a.m. Ānandotsav of Śrī Jagannāth 28. (Sun) Gaura Ekādaśī. Padminī Ekādaśī. Fast. Miśra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh 29. (Mon) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 4:56 and 9:02 a.m. and yearly festival. Start of year 530 Gaurābda. July 2015 10. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Festival at the appearance place of Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj, Śrīpāṭ Hapaniya: grand appearance of the Holy Deities of 12. (Sun) Gaura Ekādaśī. Paramā Ekādaśī. Fast. Śrīpāṭ Hapaniya, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga Rādhā Gopīnāth Jīu at Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat 13. (Mon) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:03 and 7:52 a.m. Ashram. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Śaraṇ Śānta Mahārāj. vāman (2nd half) 14. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Navamī. Appearance of Śrīla Śrīvās Paṇḍit (because the previous day was 17. (Fri) Gaura Pratipad. Guṇḍichā Mārjan: cleaning at the Guṇḍichā Temple at Śrī Purī viddhā). Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Vigraha Bhikṣu Goswāmī Dhām, and cleaning of all Temples of the Lord. Mahārāj. 18. (Sat) Gaura Dvitīyā. Ratha Yātrā of Śrī Jagannāthdev. Disappearance of Śrīla Svarūp 16. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Pāpa Vimochanī Ekādaśī. Fast. Dāmodar Goswāmī Prabhu. 17. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:26 and 9:46 a.m. Festival in honour of Śrīman 21. (Tue) Gaura Pañchamī. Herā Pañchamī. Śrī Śrī Lakṣmī Vijay at Śrī Purī Dhām. Mahāprabhu’s auspicious arrival at Varāha Nagar. Disappearance of Śrīla Govinda 24. (Fri) Gaura Aṣṭamī. Disappearance of Śrīpād Ajita Kṛṣṇa Brahmachārī. Ghoṣ Ṭhākur. Disappearance of Śrīpād Satyendrachandra Bhaṭṭāchārya Mahoday. 26. (Sun) Gaura Daśamī. Punar Yātrā of Śrī Jagannāthdev (Return car festival). 25. (Wed) Gaura Pañchamī. Appearance of Śrīpād Rāmānuja Āchārya and Tridaṇḍi Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Bhakti Kamal Madhusūdan Mahārāj. Disappearance Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Hṛday Bon Mahārāj. of Śrīyuktā Kṛṣṇamayī Devī. 26. (Thu) Gaura Saptamī. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilās Tīrtha 27 (Mon) Gaura Ekādaśī. Śayan Ekādaśī. Fast. Śrī Hari Śayan. Mahārāj. 28. (Tue) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:08 and 9:32 a.m. 28. (Sat) Gaura Navamī. Śrī Rāma Navamī. Fast until noon. Appearance at noon of Śrī 31. (Fri) Śrī Guru Pūrṇimā. Appearance of Śrīla Vyāsadev. Disappearance of Śrīla Sanātan Rāmachandra. Goswāmī Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmāsya (when started on Pūrṇimā as followed 31. (Tue) Gaura Ekādaśī. Kāmadā Ekādaśī. Fast. in Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh). Appearance of Śrīla Bhakti Bimal Avadhūt Mahārāj. April 2015 August 2015 śrīdhar 1. (Wed) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:34 and 9:33 a.m. Festival in honour of the 2. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Hṛday Bon Mahārāj. disappearance of Om Viṣṇupād Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakāchārya-varya Aṣṭottara- 5. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Gopal Bhaṭṭa Goswāmī Prabhu. śata-śrī Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj. 7. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Lokanāth Goswāmī Prabhu. 4. (Sat) Pūrṇimā (full moon). Vasanta Rāsa of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Rāsa Yātrā of Śrī Balarām. 10. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Kāmikā Ekādaśī. Fast. Appearance of Śrīla Vaṁśī Vadanānanda Ṭhākur and Śrīla Śyāmānanda Prabhu. 11. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:15 and 9:33 a.m. madhusūdan 14. (Fri) Amāvasyā. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om Viṣṇupād 9. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Disappearance of Śrīpād Kṛṣṇadās Bābājī Mahārāj. Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakāchārya-varya Aṣṭottara-śata-śrī Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak 11. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Saptamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Abhirām Ṭhākur. Śrīdhar Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj. 14. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Daśamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Vṛndāvan Dās Ṭhākur. 18. (Tue) Gaura Chaturthī. Disappearance of Śrīla Vaṁśī Dās Bābājī Mahārāj. 15. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Varuthinī Ekādaśī. Fast. Disappearance of Śrīyukta 21. (Fri) Gaura Ṣaṣṭhi. Appearance of Śrīla Bhakti Vijay Trivikram Mahārāj. Saurīndranath Bhakti Vāridhi Prabhu. 22. (Sat) Gaura Saptamī. Disappearance of Śrīpād Anaṅga Mohan Dās Adhikārī. 16. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:21 and 7:31 a.m. 24. (Mon) Gaura Navamī. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Bhakti Prasūn Bodhāyaṇ 18. (Sat) Amāvasyā. Appearance of Śrīla Gadādhar Paṇḍit Goswāmī. Mahārāj. 19. (Sun) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Āloka 26. (Wed) Gaura Ekādaśī. Pavitrāropanī Ekādaśī. Fast. Beginning of Jhulan Yātrā of Śrī Paramahaṁsa Mahārāj. Śrī Rādhā-Govinda and start of the one month festival of Śrī Hari Smaraṇ at Nabadwīp, 20. (Mon) Gaura Dvitīyā. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Vichār Jājāvar Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh. Mahārāj. 27. (Thu) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:17 and 6:28 a.m. Disappearance of Śrīla 21. (Tue) Gaura Tṛtīyā. Beginning of 21 days Chandan Yātrā of Śrī Śrī Jagannāthdev. Rūpa Goswāmī and Śrīla Gaurī Dās Paṇḍit Goswāmī. Akṣaya Tṛtīyā: a good day to start some works. 29. (Sat) Pūrṇimā. Appearance of Śrī Baladev. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yātrā 23. (Thu) Gaura Pañchamī. Appearance of Śrīpād Śaṅkar Āchārya. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilās Gabhāstinemī Mahārāj. of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Govinda. 25. (Sat) Gaura Saptamī. Jahnu Saptamī. Śrī Jahnavi Pūjā (Śrī Gaṅgā Pūjā). September 2015 27. (Mon) Gaura Navamī. Appearance of Śrī Nityānanda-śakti, Śrī Jahnava Devī, and hṛṣīkeṣ Śrī Rama-śakti, Śrī Sītā Devī. Appearance of Śrīla Bhakti Sudhīr Goswāmī Mahārāj. 3. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Bhakti Vilās Tapasvi Mahārāj. 29. (Wed) Gaura Ekādaśī. Mohinī Ekādaśī. Fast. 6. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī. Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmaṣṭamī. Complete fast until midnight (then 30. (Thu) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 8:26 and 9:26 a.m. no grains). 7. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Navamī. Śrī Nandotsav. Śrī Janmāṣṭamī pāraṇ between 5:21 and 6:48 May 2015 a.m. Appearance of Viśva-vareṇya Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī 3. (Sun) Gaura Chaturdaśī. Śrī Nṛsiṁha Chaturdaśī: Appearance day of Śrī Nṛsiṁhadev. Mahārāj Prabhupād. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa). 9. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Annadā Ekādaśī. Fast. 4. (Mon) Pūrṇimā. Śrī Nṛsiṁha Chaturdaśī pāraṇ between 5:07 and 8:30 a.m. Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s 10. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:22 and 6:49 a.m. Phul Dol and Salila Bihār. Buddha Pūrṇimā: appearance day of Lord Buddha. 18. (Fri) Gaura Pañchamī. Appearance of Śrī Sītā Devī, the consort of Śrī Advaita Prabhu. Disappearance of Śrīla Parameśvarī Dās Ṭhākur. Appearance of Śrīla Śrīnivās Āchārya. 20. (Sun) Gaura Saptamī. Śrī Lalitā Saptamī. Appearance of Śrī Lalitā Devī. trivikram 21. (Mon) Gaura Aṣṭamī. Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s appearance at noon. Fast 5. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Sāraṅga until noon. Goswāmī Mahārāj. 24. (Thu) Gaura Ekādaśī. Pārśva Ekādaśī. Fast. 9. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāy. 25. (Fri) Gaura Dvādaśī. Appearance of Śrī Vāmanadev. Pāraṇ between 5:29 and 9:31 14. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Aparā Ekādaśī. Fast. a.m. after the worship of Śrī Vāmandev. Appearance of Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī Prabhu. 15. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:01 and 9:23 a.m. Appearance of Śrīla Vṛndāvan Śravaṇ Dvādaśī. Dās Ṭhākur. 26. (Sat) Gaura Trayodaśī. Appearance of Śrīla Sachchidānanda Bhakti Vinod Ṭhākur. 19. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad. Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum 27. (Sun) Gaura Chaturdaśī. Disappearance of Śrīla Haridās Ṭhākur. Dum Park, Kolkata: Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga Rādhā Madan Mohan Jīu’s installation 28. (Mon) Pūrṇimā. Viśvarūp Mahotsav. End of month-long festival at Nabadwīp, day festival. Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Math. 22. (Fri) Gaura Chaturthī. Disappearance of Śrīla Bhakti Gaurava Giri Mahārāj (Śrīpād padmanābha Paramānanda Vidyāratna Prabhu). 29. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Vilās Tīrtha 28. (Thu) Gaura Daśamī. Daśaharā. Śrī Gaṅgā Pūjā. Appearance of Śrī Gaṅgā Mātā Mahārāj. Goswāminī. Disappearance of Śrīla Baladev Vidyābhūṣaṇ Prabhu. October 2015 29. (Fri) Gaura Ekādaśī. Nirjalā Ekādaśī. Fast (without water). 30. (Sat) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 4:56 and 9:22 a.m. 8. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Indirā Ekādaśī. Fast. 31. (Sun) Gaura Trayodaśī. Grand festival of Śrīla Raghunāth Dās Goswāmī at Śrīpāṭ 9. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:38 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Pānihāṭi. 13. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance festival of Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh Āchārya and Sevāite Śrīla Bhakti Nirmal Āchārya Mahārāj. June 2015 16. (Fri) Gaura Tṛtīyā. Disappearance of Śrīyuktā Rādhārāṇī Devī Chaudurāṇī. 2. (Tue) Pūrṇimā. Snān Yātrā (bathing) of Śrī Jagannāthdev. Disappearance of Śrīla 17. (Sat) Gaura Chaturthī. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīpād Bhakti Dayita Mukunda Datta and Śrīla Śrīdhar Paṇḍit. Dāmodar Mahārāj. vāman (1st half) 23. (Fri) Gaura Ekādaśī. No fast. Vijay Utsav of Śrī Rāmachandra. Appearance of Śrī 3. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Pratipad. Disappearance of Śrīla Śyāmānanda Prabhu and Śrīpād Ṛṣabdev Madhva Āchārya (because the previous day was viddhā). Dās Adhikārī. 24. (Sat) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāpāṅkuśā Ekādaśī. Fast (because the previous day was viddhā). 4. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā. Disappearance of Śrī Gaurahari Bhakti Sampad Prabhu. Disappearance of Śrīla Raghunāth Dās Goswāmī, Śrīla Raghunāth Bhaṭṭa Goswāmī, 7. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Appearance of Śrīla Vakreśvar Paṇḍit. and Śrīla Kṛṣṇadās Kavirāj Goswāmī. 12. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. No Fast. 25. (Sun) Gaura Trayodaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:42 and 9:28 a.m. 13. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Yoginī Ekādaśī. Fast (because the previous day was viddhā). 27. (Tue) Pūrṇimā. Śāradīyā Rāsa Yātrā of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Disappearance of Śrīla Murārī Disappearance of Śrīyuktā Ramā Devī. Gupta. Beginning of Ūrja Vrata, Dāmodar Vrata, Kārtik Vrata and Niyama-sevā Vrata 14. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī. Pāraṇ between 4:56 and 9:24 a.m. if begun from the Pūrṇimā day, as followed in Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Math. dāmodar mādhava 30. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Śrīrūp Purī 27. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā. Appearance of Śrīla Gopal Bhaṭṭa Goswāmī Prabhu. Disappearance Mahārāj. of Śrīla Rāmachandra Kavirāj. November 2015 28. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Chaturthī. Disappearance of Śrīpād Yādavendu Bhakti Chandan. 30. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhi. Disappearance of Śrīla Jayadev Goswāmī. 1. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Narottam Dās Ṭhākur. 2. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhi. Disappearance of Śrīla Bhakti Vichār Jājāvar Mahārāj. February 2016 4. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī. Bahulāṣṭamī. Manifestation day of Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa. Sannyās 1. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Lochan Dās Ṭhākur. day of Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj. 4. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Ṣaṭ-tilā Ekādaśī. Fast. 5. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Navamī. The grand 121st appearance day celebration of Śrī Chaitanya 5. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:21 and 10:01 a.m. Sāraswat Math’s Founder-President-Āchārya, Om Viṣṇupād Paramahaṁsa 9. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Gaurava Parivrājakāchārya-varya Aṣṭottara-śata-śrī Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣak Śrīdhar Dev- Vaikhānas Mahārāj. Disappearance of Śrī Haripada Chaudhurī Dās Adhikārī. Goswāmī Mahārāj. Appearance of Śrīla Vīrachandra Prabhu. Disappearance of 10. (Wed) Gaura Dvitīyā. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Śaraṇ Śānta Śrīpād Sakhī Charaṇ Dās Bābājī Mahārāj. Mahārāj. 7. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Ramā Ekādaśī. Fast. 12. (Fri) Gaura Chaturthī. Appearance of Śrīla Bhakti Pāvan Janārdan Mahārāj. 8. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:49 and 9:30 a.m. Festival in honour of Śrī 13. (Sat) Gaura Pañchamī. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Vasanta Pañchamī. Appearance day of Śrī Viṣṇu Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu’s auspicious arrival at Śrīpāṭ Pānihāṭi. Priyā Devī. Appearance of Śrīla Puṇḍarīk Vidyānidhi, Śrīla Raghunāth Dās Goswāmī, 10. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Chaturdaśī. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on Viṣṇu Mandirs. and Śrīla Raghu Nandan Ṭhākur. Disappearance of Śrīla Viśvanāth Chakravartī 11. (Wed) Amāvasyā. Dīpāvalī. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on Viṣṇu Mandirs. Ṭhākur, Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Viveka Bhāratī Mahārāj, and Tridaṇḍi Swāmī 12. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Go Pūjā (cow-worship) and Go Krīḍā (the pleasure of the Śrīmad Bhakti Svarūp Parvat Mahārāj. Śrī Saraswatī Pūjā. cows). Śrī Govardhan Pūjā. Annakūṭ Mahotsav: grand festival and pūjā to Śrī Śrī 15. (Mon) Gaura Aṣṭamī. Appearance of Mahāviṣṇu Avatār, Śrī Advaita Āchārya (because Anugirirāj at Śrīla Śrīdhar Swāmī Seva Ashram in Śrī Govardhan and Śrī Gupta the previous day was viddhā). Disappearance of Śrīpād Vīrendra Kṛṣṇa Prabhu. Govardhan Pūjā festival at Śrī Govinda Kuṇḍa in Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh, 16. (Tue) Gaura Navamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Madhva Āchārya. Nabadwīp. 17. (Wed) Gaura Daśamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Rāmānuja Āchārya. 13. (Fri) Gaura Dvitīyā. Disappearance of Śrīla Vāsudev Ghoṣ Ṭhākur. Disappearance 18. (Thu) Gaura Ekādaśī. No Fast. of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Mahārāj. Bhrātrī Dvitīyā kṛtyam 19. (Fri) Gaura Dvādaśī. Jaya Mahādvādaśī. Varāha Dvādaśī. Appearance of Lord (festival where brothers and sisters honour each other). Varāha. Fast in honour of Mahādvādaśī, the appearance of Lord Varāha, and the 15. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthī. Disappearance festival of Viśva-vareṇya Tridaṇḍi Swāmī appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Mahārāj Prabhupād. 20. (Sat) Gaura Trayodaśī. Appearance of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Pāraṇ between 6:14 16. (Mon) Gaura Pañchamī. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Āloka and 9:59 after the worship of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu. Grand festival and installation Paramahaṁsa Mahārāj. anniversary of Śrī Śrī Guru Gaura Nityānanda Jīu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata 19. (Thu) Gaura Aṣṭamī. Disappearance of Śrī Gadādhar Dās Goswāmī, Śrīla Dhanañjay Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham. Paṇḍit, and Śrīla Śrīnivās Āchārya Prabhu. Śrī Gopaṣṭamī, Śrī Goṣṭhāṣṭamī, Go Pūjā, 22. (Mon) Pūrṇimā. Appearance of Śrīla Narottam Dās Ṭhākur. Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Madhurotsav. and Go Grās-dān. govinda 22. (Sun) Gaura Ekādaśī. Śrī Utthan Ekādaśī. Fast. Disappearance of Om Viṣṇupād 25. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīpād Bhakti Premik Siddhantī Paramahaṁsa Śrī Śrīla Gaura Kiśor Dās Bābājī Mahārāj. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Mahārāj. Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhav Goswāmī Mahārāj. Śrī Bhīṣma Pañchaka. 28. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Pañchamī. The 144th divine appearance festival of the founder of the 23. (Mon) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:00 and 9:35 a.m. Śrī Chaitanya Maṭh and worldwide Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭhs, Bhagavān Śrī Śrīla Bhakti 25. (Wed) Gaura Chaturdaśī. Disappearance of Śrīla Bhūgarbha Goswāmī and Śrīla Siddhānta Saraswatī Goswāmī Prabhupād. Anniversary festival of the installation Kaśīśvar Paṇḍit. of Śrī Gupta Govardhan Śrī Mandir, Śrī Govinda Kuṇḍa, Nabadwīp. Disappearance keśava of Śrīla Puruṣottam Ṭhākur. 26. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Pratipad. Rāsa Yātrā of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Installation anniversary of Śrī Śrī Guru 29. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhi. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Sāraṅga Goswāmī Gaurāṅga Gāndharvā Rāsa Bihārī Jīu, Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh and Mission, Mahārāj. Śrī Vṛndāvan. Disappearance of Śrīla Sundarānanda Ṭhākur. Appearance of Śrīla March 2016 Nimbārka Āchārya. End of Chaturmāsya and Niyama-sevā vratas (because the pre- 5. (Sat) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Vijayā Ekādaśī. Fast. Disappearance of Śrīpād Kṛṣṇa Govinda vious day was viddhā) when begun from the Pūrṇimā day (as in Śrī Chaitanya Dās Adhikārī. Sāraswat Maṭh). 6. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:00 and 9:52 a.m. December 2015 8. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Chaturdaśī. Śrī Śrī Śivarātri. (Optional fast.) 7. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. Utpannā Ekādaśī. Fast. 9. (Wed) Amāvasyā. Pāraṇ between 5:57 and 8:00 a.m. for those who fasted. 8. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:10 and 9:43 a.m. Disappearance of Śrīla Narahari 10. (Thu) Gaura Dvitīyā. Anniversary festival of the installation of Śrī Sadāśiva Sarkār Ṭhākur and Śrīla Kālīya Kṛṣṇadās. Disappearance of Śrīyukta Dhanañjay Dās Gaṅgādhar, Śrī Govinda Kuṇḍa, Nabadwīp. Disappearance of Vaiṣṇava Sārvabhauma Prabhu. Śrīla Jagannāth Dās Bābājī Mahārāj, Śrīla Rasikānanda Dev Goswāmī, and Tridaṇḍi 9. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī. Disappearance of Śrīla Sāraṅga Ṭhākur. Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Dayita Mādhav Mahārāj (because the previous day was viddhā). 11. (Fri) Amāvasyā. Disappearance of Śrīla Jagabandhu Bhakti Rañjan. Appearance of Śrīla Bhakti Kusum Āśram Mahārāj. 17. (Thu) Gaura Ṣaṣṭhi and Oḍan Ṣaṣṭhi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance 11. (Fri) Gaura Tṛtīyā. Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga Gāndharvā Rādhā Ramaṇasundar Jīu instal- of Śrī Śrī Nitai-Chaitanya Jīu at Śrī Purī Dhām, Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh. lation anniversary festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, 19. (Sat) Gaura Aṣṭamī. Disappearance of Śrīla Madhusūdan Dās Bābājī Mahārāj. Kaikhali, Kolkata. 20. (Sun) Gaura Daśamī. Appearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī Śrīmad Bhakti Kamal 12. (Sat) Gaura Chaturthī. Appearance of Śrīla Puruṣottam Ṭhākur. Disappearance of Madhusūdan Mahārāj (because the previous day was viddhā). Śrīpād Tulasīdās Dās Adhikārī Prabhu. 21. (Mon) Gaura Ekādaśī. Mokṣadā Ekādaśī. Fast. Disappearance of Tridaṇḍi Swāmī 13. (Sun) Gaura Pañchamī. Disappearance of Śrīyuktā Taraṅginī Devī. Śrīmad Bhakti Kusum Śramaṇ Mahārāj. 18. (Fri) Gaura Daśamī. Adhivās festival of Śrī Nabadwīp Dham Parikramā. Beginning 22. (Tue) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:20 and 9:50 a.m. of annual seven day festival. nārāyaṇ 19. (Sat) Gaura Ekādaśī. Āmalakī Ekādaśī. Fast. Śrī Nabadwīp Dham Parikramā begins. 27. (Sun) Kṛṣṇa Dvitīyā. The grand 87th appearance day celebration of Śrī Chaitanya Parikramā of Śrī Sīmantadwīp, Śrī Rudradwīp, and Śrī Antardwīp. Sāraswat Maṭh’s Sevāite-President-Āchārya, Om Viṣṇupād Paramahaṁsa 20. (Sun) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 5:47 and 9:46 a.m. Disappearance of Śrīpād Parivrājakāchārya Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj. Mādhavendra Purī. Parikramā of Śrī Koladwīp. 28. (Mon) Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā. Festivals at the appearance place of Śrīla B. S. Govinda Dev- 21. (Mon) Gaura Trayodaśī. Parikramā of Śrī Godrumadwīp and Śrī Madhyadwīp. Goswāmī Mahārāj and his youth Pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat. 22. (Tue) Gaura Chaturdaśī. Adhivās observance ceremony of the appearance of 29. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Chaturthī. Disappearance festival of the founder of the Śrī Chaitanya Śrī Gaurāṅga. Parikramā of Śrī Koladwīp, Śrī Ṛtudwīp, Śrī Jahnudwīp, and Śrī Maṭh and worldwide Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭhs, Bhagavān Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Modadrumadwīp. Saraswatī Goswāmī Prabhupād. 23. (Wed) Śrī Gaurāvirbhāva Paurnamāsī. Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā. Divine appearance of Śrī Gaurāṅga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains. Grand festival at Śrī Chaitanya January 2016 Sāraswat Maṭh. Vasantotsav and Dol Yātrā of Śrī Śrī Radha-Govinda. Special offer- 5. (Tue) Kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī. No Fast. Disappearance of Śrīla Devānanda Paṇḍit and Śrīmad ing of worship and ārati. Śrī Chaitanya-charitāmṛta reading and mahāsaṅkīrtan. End Bhakti Prakāś Araṇya Mahārāj. of year 530 Gaurābda. 6. (Wed) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Vyañjulī Mahādvādaśī. Fast. Disappearance of Śrīpād Bhakti viṣṇu Bhūdev Śrauti Mahārāj. 24. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Pratipad. Śrī Gaura Pūrṇimā pāraṇ between 5:43 and 9:37 a.m. 7. (Thu) Kṛṣṇa Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:24 and 6:41 a.m. Ānandotsav of Śrī Jagannāth Miśra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting 8. (Fri) Kṛṣṇa Trayodaśī. Disappearance of Śrīla Maheś Paṇḍit and Śrīla Uddhāraṇ Dās at Śrī Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh and yearly festival. Start of year 531 Gaurābda. Ṭhākur. 11. (Mon) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Śrīla Lochan Dās Ṭhākur. Note: Śrīla Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswāmī Mahārāj has instructed that this cal- 12. (Tue) Gaura Tṛtīyā. Disappearance of Śrīla Jīva Goswāmī Prabhu and Śrīla Jagadīś endar should be followed outside of West Bengal for all dates except Ekādasīs and their Paṇḍit. associated pāraṇ times, which should be calculated and observed according to locality. 13. (Wed) Gaura Chaturthī. Śrīman Mahāprabhu leaves Nabadwīp in the night to go Please consult your local centre for the appropriate calculations. to Katwa to take sannyās. 15. (Fri) Gaura Ṣaṣṭhi. Remembrance of Śrīman Mahāprabhu’s sannyās-līlā. 20. (Wed) Gaura Ekādaśī. Putradā Ekādaśī. Fast. Appearance of Śrīla Jagadīś Paṇḍit. 21. (Thu) Gaura Dvādaśī. Pāraṇ between 6:26 and 9:30 a.m. 24. (Sun) Pūrṇimā. Puṣyābhiṣeka Yātrā of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Disappearance of Śrīpād Bhakti Śaraṇ Vaiṣṇava Mahārāj.