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Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar 2004 – 2005 (Sri Gaurabda 518 - 519) Dates and times calculated for: Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, Santa Cruz, California Under the direction of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Sevaite-President-Acharya: Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj Founder-Acharya: Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram Santa Cruz, California 15. (Tuesday) 22 Madhava. Gaura-ashtami. Disappearance of All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu. 17. (Thursday) 24 Madhava. Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Gaudiya Vaisnava Sripad Madhvacharya. 18. (Friday) 25 Madhava. Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya. Calendar (2004 – 2005) 19. (Saturday) 26 Madhava. Bhaumi Ekadasi. Fast. Dates and times calculated for the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram, 20. (Sunday) 27 Madhava. Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast from 6:50 Santa Cruz, California. It has been adjusted for California by Tridanadi to 10:31 a.m. Varaha Dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Varahadeva. Swami Bhakti Pavan Janardan with reference to the dates calculated and 21. (Monday) 28 Madhava. Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of used by the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nabadwip Dham. Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until noon. VISHNU 23. (Wednesday) 30 Madhava. Purnima. Sri Krishna’s Madhurotsava. Appearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur. MARCH GOVINDA 7. (Sunday) 1 Vishnu. Krishna-pratipada. Ananda Utsava of Sri Jagannath Misra. 28. (Monday) 5 Govinda. Krishna-panchami. The festival of the 11. (Thursday) 5 Vishnu. Krishna-sasthi. Grand appearance of the Divine Appearance of the founder of the worldwide Sri Holy Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Chaitanya Math and Gaudiya Maths, Prabhupad Sri Radha Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Disappearance of Srila Purusottama Thakur. Anniversary of Maharaj. the installation of the Sri Gupta-Govardhan Sri Mandir, Sri 13. (Saturday) 7 Vishnu. Krishna-ashtami. Appearance of Srila Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Srivas Pandit. MARCH 16. (Tuesday) 10 Vishnu. Krishna-ekadasi. Papabimochani 1. (Tuesday) 6 Govinda. Krishna-sasthi. Appearance of Tridandi Ekadasi. Fast. Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. 17. (Wednesday) 11 Vishnu. Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast from 6. (Sunday) 11 Govinda Vijaya Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of 6:15 to 10:16. a.m. Festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s auspi- Sripad Krishna Govinda das Adhikari. cious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of Srila Govinda 7. (Monday) 12 Govinda. Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast from 6:30 Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra to 10:12 a.m. Bhattacharya. 8. (Tuesday) 13 Govinda. Krishna-trayodasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. 20. (Saturday) 14 Vishnu. Amavasya. (Dark Moon) Anniversary of the installation of Sri Sri Sadasiva 25. (Thursday) 19 Vishnu. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Gangadhara, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Sripad Ramanujacharya and Sri Srimad Bhakti Hrdaya Bon 9. (Wednesday) 14 Govinda. Amavasya (Dark Moon) Maharaj. 10. (Thursday) 15 Govinda. Gaura-pratipada. Disappearance of 27. (Saturday) 21 Vishnu. Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj, Swami Srimat Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj. Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami and Tridandi Swami Srimad 29. (Monday) 23 Vishnu. Gaura-navami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaj. until noon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra, at noon. 12 1 APRIL 14. (Friday) 20 Narayana. Gaura-panchami. Festival in remem- 1. (Thursday) 26 Vishnu. Gaura-ekadasi. Kamada Ekadasi. Fast. berance of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s sannyas-lila. 2. (Friday) 27 Vishnu. Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast from 5:51 to 20. (Thursday) 26 Narayana. Gaura-ekadasi.Putrada Ekadasi. 7:58 a.m. Damanakaropanotsav. Fast. 4. (Sunday) 29 Vishnu. Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Balarama. 21. (Friday) 27 Narayana. Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast from 7:18 to Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila 10:39 a.m. Vamsivadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu. 24. (Monday) 30 Narayana. Purnima. Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. MADHUSUDANA MADHAVA 9. (Friday) 5 Madhusudana. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance 27. (Thursday) 3 Madhava. Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila of Sripad Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj. Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila 11. (Sunday) 7 Madhusudana. Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Ramachandra Kaviraj. Sripad Abhiram Thakur. 29. (Saturday) 5 Madhava. Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of 13. (Tuesday) 9 Madhusudana. Krishna-dasami. Disappearance of Sripad Jadavendu Bhakti Chandan. Srila Vrindavana das Thakur. 31. (Monday) 7 Madhava. Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila 15. (Thursday) 11 Madhusudana. Krishna-ekadasi. Varuthini Jayadeva Goswami Prabhu. Ekadasi. Fast. Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi FEBRUARY Prabhu’s disappearance. 2. (Wednesday) 9 Madhava. Krishna-ashtami. Disappearance of 16. (Friday) 12 Madhusudana. Krishna-trayodasi. Break fast from Srila Lochan das Thakur. 6:32 to 10:56 a.m. 5. (Saturday) 12 Madhava. Sat-tila Ekadasi. Fast. 18. (Sunday) 14 Madhusudana. Amavasya. (Dark Moon) 6. (Sunday) 13 Madhava. Krishna-trayodasi. Break fast from Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit. 7:06 to 10:37 a.m. 19. (Monday) 15 Madhusudana. Gaura-pratipada. Appearance of 8. (Tuesday) 15 Madhava. Amavasya (Dark Moon) Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj. 9. (Wednesday) 16.Madhava. Gaura-pratipada. Disappearance of 21. (Wednesday) 17 Madhusudana. Gaura-dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav Vaikhanas Maharaj. Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichara Jajavar Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhari das Adhikary. 22. (Thursday) 18 Madhusudana. Gaura-tritiya. Beginning of 10. (Thursday) 17 Madhava. Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Aksaya-tritiya, 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj. 24. (Saturday) 20 Madhusudana. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of 12. (Saturday) 19 Madhava. Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna Vasant Sripad Sankaracharya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Pancami. Sri Saraswati Puja. Appearance day of Vishnu Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj. Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila 26. (Monday) 22 Madhusudana. Gaura-saptami. Jahnu saptami. Raghunath Das Goswami, and Srila Raghunandana Thakur. Sri Jahnavi Puja. Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Cakravarti Thakur, Tridandi 28. (Wednesday) 24 Madhusudana. Gaura-navami. Appearance of Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj and Tridandi Sri Nityananda-shakti, Sri Jahnava Devi and also of Sri Swami Srimad Bhakti Swarupa Parvat Maharaj. Rama-shakti, Sri Sita Devi. 14. (Monday) 21 Madhava. Gaura-saptami. Appearance of 30. (Friday) 26 Madhusudana. Mohini Ekadasi. Fast. Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharya. 2 11 19. (Sunday) 23 Keshava. Gaura-navami. Appearance of Tridandi MAY Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. 1. (Saturday) 27 Madhusudana. Gaura-dvadasi. Rukmini 20. (Monday) 24 Keshava. Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Dwadasi Vrata. Break fast from 6:13 to 10:48 a.m. Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj. 3. (Monday) 29 Madhusudana. Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrisimha- 21. (Tuesday) 25 Keshava. Mokshada Ekadasi. Fast. chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Fast until dusk. 22. (Wednesday) 26 Keshava. Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast from Then no grains. Anniversary of the arrival of Srila Bhakti 7:18 to 10:30 a.m. Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj at Sri Chaitanya 25. (Saturday) 29 Keshava. Purnima. Disappearance of Tridandi Saraswat Math. Swami Srimad Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaj. 4. (Tuesday) 30 Madhusudana. Purnima. Sri Krishna’s Phuladola and Salil Bihar. Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari Das NARAYANA Thakur. Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharya. Buddha 28. (Tuesday) 3 Narayana. Krishna-dvitiya. The grand celebra- Purnima: appearance day of Lord Buddha. tion of the divine appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Sarasvat Math Acharya and Sevaite Om Vishnupad TRIVIKRAMA Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 5. (Wednesday) 1 Trivikrama. Krishna-pratipada. Disappearance 29. (Wednesday) 4 Narayana. Krishna-tritiya. The festival of the of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharanga Goswami inauguration of the Temple of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Maharaj. Gopinathjiu in Sripat Bamunpara, West Bengal. 8. (Saturday) 4 Trivikrama. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance 30. (Thursday) 5 Narayana. Krishna-chaturthi. The of Srila Ramananda Raya. Disappearance festival of the founder of the worldwide Sri 14. (Friday) 10 Trivikrama. Apara Ekadasi. Fast. Chaitanya Saraswat Maths and Sri Gaudiya Maths, 15. (Saturday) 11 Trivikrama. Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast from Prabhupad Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami 5:59 to 10:43 a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur. Thakur. JANUARY (2005) 18. (Tuesday) 14 Trivikrama. Amavasya. (Dark Moon) 6. (Thursday) 12 Narayana. Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. 19. (Wednesday) 15 Trivikrama. Gaura-pratipada. Sri Chaitanya Fast. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj. Radha-Madana-Mohan Jiu installation day festival. 7. (Friday) 13 Narayana. Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast from 7:22 20. (Thursday) 16 Trivikrama. Gaura-dvitiya. Sri Sri Guru to 10:37 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudeva Srauti Gauranga Gandharvika
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