2013201320132013 ISKCONISKCON CalendarCalendarCalendar VRINDAVANVRINDAVAN International Society for Krishna Consciousness Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ISKCON VRINDAVAN Please note: Dates for this calendar are calculated for 201320132013 Vrindavan (U.P.) India. If you are in other areas, consult your local temple for exact dates and timings. CalendarCalendar January2 0 1 3 February Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 12345 *12 Srila Sri Ramacandra Sri Jayadeva Bhaktisiddhanta Kaviraja – Gosvami – Sarasvati Thakura Disappearance Disappearance 67*8 9* 101112 3456 789 Sri Mahesa Sri Locana Dasa Sri Locana Dasa Break fast Fasting for Break fast Fasting for Pandita – Thakura – Thakura – Saphala Ekadasi 07:11-10:41 Disappearance Appearance Disappearance Sat-tila Ekadasi 07:03-10:43 * * 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Srila Jiva Ganga Sagara Kumbha Srimati Gosvami – Visnupriya Devi Disappearance Mela Sankranti – Appearance * * * 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sri Advaita Sri Break fast Bhismastami Fasting for Acarya Sri Madhvacarya Ramanujacarya – Fasting for Break fast Nityananda Putrada Ekadasi 08:52-10:44 – Appearance – Disappearance Disappearance Bhaimi Ekadasi 06:51-10:39 Trayodasi * 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 Sri Krsna Pusya Sri Krsna Abhiseka Madhura Utsava *1 Feb Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami – Appearance *8 Jan Sri Devananda Pandita – Disappearance *15 Feb Sarasvati Puja *10 Jan Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura – Disappearance Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura – Disappearance *14 Jan Sri Jagadisa Pandita – Disappearance Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi – Appearance *23 Jan Sri Jagadisa Pandita – Appearance Sri Raghunandana Thakura – Appearance Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami – Appearance *17 Feb Sri Advaita Acarya – Appearance (Fasting till noon) *23 Feb Nityananda Trayodasi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu Purnima (Fasting till noon) *25 Feb Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura – Appearance Amavasya ❀ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ❀ March2 0 1 3 April Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 31* 1 2 123456 Sri Purusottama Sri Srivasa Fasting for Das Thakura Pandita – Papamocani – Disappearance Appearance Ekadasi 34567*8 9 *7 8 9 10111213 Fasting for Break fast Break fast Vijaya Ekadasi 06:36-10:32 06:04-10:16 * 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Srila Jagannatha Sri Purusottama Beginning of Sri Rama Navami: Dasa Babaji Dasa Thakura Salagrama and Ramanujacarya Appearance of Lord Siva Ratri – Disappearance – Appearance Tulasi Jala Dana – Appearance Sri Ramacandra 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25* 26 27 Fasting for Amalaki Vrata Fasting for Break fast Sri Balarama Ekadasi Kamada Ekadasi 05:47-07:55 Rasayatra *24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 Break fast Sri Gauranga Festival of 06:19-10:24 Mahaprabhu Jagannatha Misra – Appearance *1 Mar Srila Gour Govinda Swami – Disappearance Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura – Appearance *7 Apr Sri Govinda Ghosh– Disappearance (Fasting till noon) *20 Apr Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra (Fasting till sunset) *8 Mar Sri Isvara Puri – Disappearance *25 Apr Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa *12 Mar Sri Rasikananda – Disappearance Sri Vamsivadana Thakura – Appearance *24 Mar Sri Madhavendra Puri – Disappearance Sri Syamananda Prabhu – Appearance Purnima Amavasya ❀ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ❀ May2 0 1 3 June Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 1234 30 1 Sri Abhirama Srila Vrndavana Thakura – Dasa Thakura – Disappearance Disappearance 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 234 *5678 Sri Gadadhara Fasting for Break fast Pandita – Fasting for Break fast Varuthini Ekadasi 05:36-10:03 Appearance Apara Ekadasi 05:24-10:00 12* 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 101112131415 Aksaya Trtiya Candana Yatra End of starts Jala Dana * * *19 20 21 22 23* 24 25 16 17 18* 19 *20 21 22 Sri Madhu Sri Jayananda Krsna Phula Sri Baladeva Fasting for Pandita – Fasting for Break fast Prabhu – Nrsimha Dola, Vidyabhusana – Pandava Nirjala Break fast Disappearance Mohini Ekadasi 05:27-10:00 Disappearance Caturdasi Salila Vihara Disappearance Ekadasi 05:25-10:02 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Sri Ramananda Sri Syamananda Sri Vakresvara Raya – Prabhu – Pandita – Disappearance Snana Yatra Disappearance Appearance *13 May Aksaya Trtiya Candana Yatra starts (Continues for 21 days) *5 June Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura – Appearance *19 May Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) *19 June Ganga Puja – Appearance Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini – Appearance Srimati Jahnava Devi – Appearance *20 June Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi *24 May Nrsimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva (Total fast, even from water, if you have broken Ekadasi) (Fasting till dusk) *21 June Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava *25 May Sri Sri Radha-Raman Devaji – Appearance *23 June Sri Mukunda Datta – Disappearance Sri Madhavendra Puri – Appearance Sri Sridhara Pandita – Disappearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya – Appearance Purnima Amavasya ❀ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ❀ July2 0 1 3 August Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 123 456 1 2 3 Sri Srivasa Pandita – Fasting for Break fast Fasting for Break fast Disappearance Yogini Ekadasi 09:36-10:05 Kamika Ekadasi 05:44-10:12 * * 7 8 9 10111213 45678910 Sri Gadadhara Gundica Pandita – Disappearance Marjana Ratha Yatra * 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 *17 Sri Vakresvara Sri Raghunandana Fasting for Pandita – Fasting for Break fast Thakura – Pavitropana Disappearance Sayana Ekadasi 05:36-10:09 Disappearance Ekadasi 21 22* 23 24 25 26 27 *18 19 20 21* 22 23 24 Srila Gopala Guru (Vyasa) Bhatta Gosvami – Break fast Jhulana Yatra Purnima Disappearance 05:52-10:13 ends 28 29 30 31 25 26 27* 28* 29 30 31 Srila Lokanatha The incorporation Gosvami – of ISKCON in Sri Krsna Nandotsava Disappearance New York Janmastami *8 July Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura – Disappearance *11 Aug Sri Vamsidasa Babaji – Disappearance (Fasting till noon) *17 Aug Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins *10 July Ratha Yatra (Hera Pancami after 4 days) *18 Aug Srila Rupa Gosvami – Disappearance (Return Ratha after 8 days) Sri Gauridasa Pandita – Disappearance Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami – Disappearance *21 Aug Lord Balaram – Appearance (Fasting till noon) Sri Sivananda Sena – Disappearance Second month of Caturmasya begins. *22 July Srila Sanatana Gosvami – Disappearance (Fast from yogurt for one month.) First month of Caturmasya begins. *28 Aug Sri Krsna Janmastami: Appearance of Lord (Fast from sak, green leafy vegetables, for one month) Purnima Sri Krsna (Fasting till midnight) *29 Aug Srila Prabhupada – Appearance Amavasya (Fasting till noon) ❀ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ❀ September2 0 1 3 October Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 234567 12345 Fasting for Break fast Break fast Annada Ekadasi 05:59-10:12 06:12-10:10 * * 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Radhastami: Srimati Sita Appearance of Durga Puja Thakurani Lalita Sasti Srimati Radharani * * * * 15 *16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 *16 17 18* 19 Fasting for Sri Krsna Break fast Ananta Ramacandra Break fast Fasting for Sri Visvarupa Pasankusa Saradiya Vijayotsava Parsva Ekadasi 06:06-10:11 Caturdasi Vrata Mahotsava Ekadasi 06:20-07:51 Rasayatra 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Srila Srila Narottama Prabhupada’s Dasa Thakura – arrival in the USA Disappearance 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 Appearance of Fasting for Break fast Radha Kunda, Virabhadra Fasting for Indira Ekadasi 06:29-10:12 Snana Bahulastami – Appearance Rama Ekadasi *10 Sept Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita’s consort) – Appearance *13 Sept Radhastami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani (Fasting till noon) *14 Oct Sri Madhvacarya – Appearance *16 Sept Sri Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva *16 Oct Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami – Disappearance (Fasting till noon.) Srila Jiva Gosvami – Appearance Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami – Disappearance *17 Sept Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura – Appearance Srila Krsnadasa Gosvami – Disappearance (The fast is observed till noon on the Ekadasi.) *18 Oct Sri Murari Gupta – Disappearance (Feasting is done today.) Laksmi Puja *18 Sept Srila Haridasa Thakura – Disappearance Fourth month of Caturmasya begins. *19 Sept Acceptance of Sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada (Fast from Urad daal for one month.) Third month of Caturmasya begins. Purnima (Fast from milk for one month.) Amavasya ❀ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ❀ November2 0 1 3 December Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 12 1234567 Sri Saranga Thakura – Disappearance * * * 3456789 8 9 10 11 12 *13 14 Dipa dana, Govardhana Sri Vasudeva Dipavali, Puja, Go Puja, Ghosh – Srila Prabhupada Odana Sasthi Fasting for Break fast (Kali Puja) Go Krda Disappearance – Disappearance Moksada Ekadasi 07:02-09:33 * * * *10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sri Bhugarbha Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Break fast Katyayani Gopastami, Fasting for Gosvami – Sarasvati Thakura – Gosthastami Jagaddhatri Puja Utthana Ekadasi 06:40-10:16 Disappearance Vrata ends Disappearance * 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Sri Devananda Sri Krsna Katyayani Vrata Pandita – Rasayatra begins Disappearance * 24 25 26 27 28 *29 30 29 30 31 Fasting for Break fast Fasting for Break fast Utpanna Ekadasi 06:52-10:23