MONTH OF VISNU 
 

MARCH 2006
  

Wednesday 15th  - Anandotsava - Festival of Jagannatha Misra

Thursday 23rd  - Srivasa Pandita -- Appearance

Sunday 26th - Fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi
                         Sri Govinda Ghosh -- Disappearance

Monday 27th - Break fast 06:20 - 10:23

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APRIL 2006

 

Sunday 2nd - Sri Ramanujacarya -- Appearance

Friday 7th - Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra (Fasting till sunset)

Sunday 9th  - Fasting for Kamada Ekadasi

Monday 10th  - Break fast 06:11 - 10:18
                 Damanaka-ropana dvadasi

Thurday 13th - Purnima -
                 Sri Balarama Rasayatra
                 Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa
                 Sri Vamsivadana Thakura -- Appearance
                 Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Appearance

 

MONTH OF MADHUSUDANA

Friday 14th  - Beginning of Salagrama and Tulasi Jala Dana

Tuesday 18th – Srila Krsnadasa Babaji Maharaja --Disappearance

Thurday 20th  - Sri Abhirama Thakura -- Disappearance

Sunday 23rd  - Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance

Monday 24th - Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi

Tuesday 25th - Break fast 06:02 - 09:52

Thursday 27th  - Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Appearance

Sunday 30th - Aksaya Trtiya. Candana-yatra starts (Continues for 21 days)

 

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MAY 2006

 

Thursday 4th - Jahnu Saptami

Saturday 6th  - Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) -- Appearance
                 Sri Madhu Pandita -- Disappearance
                 Srimati Jahnava Devi -- Appearance

Tuesday 9th  - Fasting for Mohini Ekadasi

Wednesday 10th  - Break fast 05:56 - 09:
                 Rukmini Dvadasi

Friday 12th  - Narasimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva (Fasting till dusk). Grand Festival at Sri Narasingha
                 Caitanya Matha for Sri Yoga-Narasimhadeva.

Saturday 13th – Purnima - Krsna Phula Dola, Salila Vihara
                 Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance
                 Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji -- Appearance
                 Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Appearance
                 Sri Srinivasa Acarya – Appearance
                 Buddha-avatara - Appearance

 

MONTH OF TRIVIKRAMA

Sunday 14th - End of Jala Dana

Thursday 18th  - Sri Ramananda Raya -- Disappearance

Tuesday 23rd  - Fasting for Apara Ekadasi

Wednesday 24th  - Break fast 05:53 - 10:09
                 Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance

 

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JUNE 2006

Tuesday 6th  - Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -- Disappearance
                 Ganga Puja
                 Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini -- Appearance

Wednesday 7th  - Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

Thursday 8th  - Break fast 06:19 - 10:10

Friday 9th - Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava of Dasa Gosvami

Sunday 11th - Purnima
                 Snana Yatra – Appearance of Sri Jagannatha Deva
                 Sri Mukunda Datta -- Disappearance
                 Sri Sridhara Pandita -- Disappearance

 

 

MONTH OF VAMANA

Monday 12th - Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Disappearance

Friday 16th - Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Appearance

Tuesday 20th  - Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Disappearance

Wednesday 21st - Fasting for Yogini Ekadasi

Thursday 22nd - Break fast 06:57 - 10:13

 

Sunday 25th - Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Disappearance
                 Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura -- Disappearance
                 (Fasting till noon)

Monday 26th - Gundica Marjana

Tuesday 27th - Ratha Yatra
                 Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Sri Sivananda Sena -- Disappearance

 

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JULY 2006

 

Saturday 1st - Sri Vakresvara Pandita – Disappearance
                           Hera-pancami festival

Wednesday 5th – Ultaratha –return ratha of Jagannatha

Thursday 6th – Srimati Krsnamayi Devi -- Disappearance

Friday 7th - Fasting for Sayana Ekadasi

Saturday 8th - Break fast 05:59 - 10:16

Tuesday 11th - Guru (Vyasa) Purnima
                 Srila Sanatana Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 First month of Caturmasya begins (Fast from sak, green leafy
                 vegetables, for one month.)

 

 

MONTH OF SRIDHARA

Saturday 15th - Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Disappearance

Tuesday 18th - Srila Lokanatha Gosvami -- Disappearance

Friday 21st - Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi

Saturday 22nd - Break fast 06:03 - 08:22

Tuesday 25th – Srila Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja – Disappearance
                 (fasting till noon)

Saturday 29th - Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Disappearance
                 Sri Vamsidasa Babaji -- Disappearance

 

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AUGUST 2006

 

Saturday 5th - Fasting for Pavitropana Ekadasi
                 Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins

Sunday 6th - Break fast 08:16 - 10:19
                 Srila Rupa Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Sri Gauridasa Pandita -- Disappearance

Wednesday 9th - Jhulana Yatra ends
                 Lord Balarama -- Appearance (Fasting till noon)

Second month of Caturmasya begins (Fast from yogurt for one month.)

 

 

MONTH OF HRSIKESA

Wednesday 16th  - Sri Krsna Janmastami: Appearance of Lord Sri Krsna (Fasting till midnight)

Thursday 17th - Nandotsava
                 Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada --Appearance (Fasting till noon)

Saturday 19th – Fasting for Annada Ekadasi
                 Vyasa-puja Mahotsava of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja (fasting till noon)

Sunday 20th - Break fast 06:08 - 10:18

Tuesday 29th - Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita's consort) -- Appearance

Thursday 31th  - Lalita-sasti – appearance of Srimati Lalita-sakhi

 

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SEPTEMBER 2006

 

Friday 1st - Radhastami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani
 (Fasting till noon)

Monday 4th - Fasting for Parsva Ekadasi

Tuesday 5th - Break fast 06:09 - 10:15
                 Sri Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva (The fast is observed till
                noon on the Ekadasi and feasting is done today.)
                Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Appearance

Wednesday 6th - Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura – Appearance (Fasting till noon)

 Thursday 7th - Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava
                 Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada
                 Srila Haridasa Thakura -- Disappearance
                 Third month of Caturmasya begins (Fast from milk for one month)

 

 

 

MONTH OF PADMANABHA

Monday 18th  - Fasting for Indira Ekadasi

Tuesday 19th - Break fast 06:09 - 09:41

Friday 22nd – Sannyasa Anniversary of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja

Monday 25th – Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja – Appearance (Fast until noon)

 

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OCTOBER 2006

 

Monday 2nd - Ramacandra Vijayotsava
                 Sri Madhvacarya -- Appearance

Tuesday 3rd - Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi

Wednesday 4th - Break fast 06:09 - 10:09
                 Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami -- Disappearance 
                 Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami -- Disappearance

 

 

 

MONTH OF DAMODARA

Saturday 7th – Purnima – Month of Karttika begins
                 Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra
                 Sri Murari Gupta -- Disappearance
                 Fourth month of Caturmasya begins (Fast from urad dahl for one month)

Wednesday 11th - Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura – Disappearance
                 Srila Bhakti Bhavan Visnu Maharaja - Appearance

Saturday 14th - Appearance of Radha-kunda (Bahulastami)

Sunday 15th – Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja – Appearance
                (fasting till noon)
                 Sri Virabhadra Gosvami -- Appearance

Tuesday 17th - Fasting for Rama Ekadasi

Wednesday 18th - Break fast 07:10 - 10:07

Sunday 22nd  - Dipavali
                           Day of Yasoda-Damodara lila

Monday 23rd - Govardhana Puja - Grand Annakuta Mahotsava at Sri Narasingha
                 Caitanya Matha
                 Go Puja, Go Krda (Worship of Govardhana Hill)
                 Bali Daityaraja Puja
                 Sri Rasikananda -- Appearance

Tuesday 24th - Sri Vasudeva Ghosh -- Disappearance

Thursday 26th - Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada -- Disappearance (Fasting till noon)

Monday 30th - Gopastami, Gosthastami
                 Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Sri Dhananjaya Pandita -- Disappearance 
                 Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Disappearance

 

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NOVEMBER 2006

 

Thursday 2nd - Fasting for Utthana Ekadasi
                 Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji – Disappearance (Fasting till noon)
                 Bhisma Pancaka

Friday 3rd - Break fast 06:14 - 10:07

Saturday 4th  - Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja – Disappearance
                 (fasting till noon)
                 Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Sri Kasisvara Pandita -- Disappearance

Sunday 5th  - End of Karttika Month
                 Sri Krsna Rasayatra
                 Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage)
                 Sri Nimbarkacarya -- Appearance
                 Caturmasya ends.

                 Festival commemorating the opening of Sri Narasingha Caitanya Matha.

 

 

 

MONTH OF KESAVA

 

Monday 6th - Katyayani vrata begins

Thursday 16th - Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi
Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura -- Disappearance

Friday 17th - Break fast 06:19 - 10:09
                 Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa -- Disappearance

Saturday 18th - Sri Saranga Thakura -- Disappearance

Sunday 26th - Odana sasthi

 

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DECEMBER 2006

 

 

Friday 1st - Fasting for Moksada Ekadasi
                 Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita

Saturday 2nd - Break fast 06:27 - 10:15

Monday 4th - Katyayani vrata ends

 

MONTH OF NARAYANA

Friday 8th – Prabhupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura -- Disappearance (Fasting till noon)

Saturday 16th - Fasting for Saphala Ekadasi
                 Sri Devananda Pandita -- Disappearance

Sunday 17th - Break fast 06:35 - 10:22

Monday 18th - Sri Mahesa Pandita -- Disappearance
                 Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura -- Disappearance

Thursday 21st - Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance

Saturday 23rd - Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Disappearance
                 Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Disappearance

Saturday 30th - Fasting for Putrada Ekadasi

Sunday 31st - Break fast 06:59 - 10:29 
                Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Appearance

 

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JANUARY 2007

 

Wednesday 3rd - Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka

Anniversary of the Installation of Sri Jagannatha Deva and Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhara at Sri Narasingha Caitanya Matha

 

 

 

MONTH OF MADHAVA

Monday 8th - Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja -- Disappearance
                 Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Appearance

Tuesday 9th - Sri Jayadeva Gosvami -- Disappearance

Wednesday 10th - Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance

Sunday 14th - Makara Sankranti
Anniversary of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s Acceptance of Sannyasa

Monday 15th - Fasting for Sat-tila Ekadasi

Tuesday 16th - Break fast 06:46 - 10:35

Friday 19th - Ganga Sagara Mela

Tuesday 23rd - Vasanta Pancami
                 Srimati Visnupriya Devi -- Appearance
                 Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura -- Disappearance
                 Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi -- Appearance
                 Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Appearance
                 Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Appearance

Thursday 25th - Sri Advaita Acarya – Appearance (Fasting till noon)

Friday 26th - Bhismastami

Saturday 27th - Sri Madhvacarya -- Disappearance

Sunday 28th - Sri Ramanujacarya -- Disappearance

Monday 29th - Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi

Tuesday 30th - Break fast 06:46 - 10:37
                 Varaha Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Varahadeva
                 (The fast is observed till noon on the Ekadasi and feasting is done today.)

Wednesday 31st - Nityananda Trayodasi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu (Fasting till noon)

 

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FEBRUARY 2007

 

Friday 2nd - Sri Krsna Madhura utsava
                 Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance

 

 

MONTH OF GOVINDA

Wednesday 7th – Prabhupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura -- Appearance
                 (Fasting till noon)

Wednesday 14th - Fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi
                 Sri Isvara Puri -- Disappearance

Thursday 15th - Break fast 06:43 - 10:37

Friday 16th – Sri Siva Ratri

Sunday 18th - Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji -- Disappearance
                          Sri Rasikananda -- Disappearance

Wednesday 21st - Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance

Tuesday 27th - Fasting for Amalaki vrata Ekadasi
Sannyasa Anniversary of Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami

Wednesday 28th - Break fast 06:37 - 10:34
Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Disappearance

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MARCH 2007

 

Saturday 3rd – Sri Gaura Purnima (Appearance of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu - Fasting till moonrise. Sannyasa Anniversary
                 of Sri Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja and Srimad Bhakti Bhavana Visnu Maharaja.

 

MONTH OF VISNU