Vaisnava calendar 2009-2010

PRABHUPADA WANTS THE SAME CALENDAR FOR ALL HIS TEMPLES

You say you have no Vaisnava calendar, but Syamasundara tells me that he has sent our Vaisnava calendar up to end May to Karandhara some time ago, so I am wondering why he has not distributed that list to all the centers?

Letter to: Bhakta dasa-- Sydney 9 April, 1972 72-04-09

April

4. (Sat) Gaura-dasami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast until sunset. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon.

5. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. Kamada Ekadasi. Fast.

6. (Mon) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:35 a.m.

9. (Thu) Purnima (full-moon). Rasayatra of Sri Balarama. Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila Syamananda Prabhu.

20. (Mon) Krishna-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

21. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.

22. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:28 a.m.

25. (Sat) Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit.

26. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad.

27. (Mon) Gaura-dvitiya. Beginning of 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev.

29. (Wed) Gaura-panchami.

May

1. (Fri) Gaura-saptami. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga-puja).

3. (Sun) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.

5. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Gaura Ekadasi. Fast.

6. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:16 a.m.

8. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).

9. (Sat) Purnima. Paran by 8:46 a.m. Sri Krishna's Phul-dola and Salil Bihar.. Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharyya. Buddha Purnima: Appearance day of Lord Buddha.

10. (Sun) Krishna-pratipad.

14. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya.

20. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Apara Ekadasi. Fast.

21. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:20 a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

24. (Sun) Amavasya.

25. (Mon) Gaura-pratipad.

28. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi.

June

2. (Tue) Gaura-dasami.

3. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Nirjala Ekadasi. Fast. (without water).

4. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:21 a.m.

5. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi.

7. (Sun) Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev

8. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad.

9. (Tue) Krishna-dvitiya.

13. (Sat) Krishna-panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit.

19. (Fri) Krishna-ekadasi. Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.

20. (Sat) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 7:54 a.m

22. (Mon) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

23. (Tue) Gaura-pratipad. Gundicha Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all Temples of the Lord.

24. (Wed) Gaura-dvitiya. Rathayatra of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Swarupa Damodara Goswami Prabhu.

27. (Sat) Gaura-panchami.

30. (Tue) Gaura-astami..

July

2. (Thu) Gaura-dasami. Purna Yatra of Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival).

3. (Fri) Gaura-ekadasi. Sayan Ekadasi. Fast.

4. (Sat) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:12 a.m.

7. (Tue) Guru Purnima. Appearance of Srila Vyasadev. Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmasya

9. (Thu) Krishna-dvitiya.

12. (Sun) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

15. (Wed) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu.

18. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Kamika Ekadasi. Fast.

19. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:29 a.m.

22. (Wed) Amavasya.

25. (Sat) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamsi das Babaji Maharaj.

28. (Tue) Gaura-saptami.

30. (Thu) Gaura-navami.

August

1. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. No Fast. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra

2. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paksavarddhini Mahadvadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami.

3. (Mon) Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:31 a.m.

5. (Wed) Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra.

14. (Fri) Krishna-astami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmastami. Complete fast until midnight (then no grains).

15. (Sat) Krishna-navami. Sri Nandotsava. The Divine Appearance of our beloved initiating spiritual master and the Current link in the Brahma-Madhva Gaudya sampradaya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Fast until noon, then grains.

16. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. No Fast.

17. (Mon) Krishna-dvadasi. Fasting for Annada Ekadasi.

18. (Tue) Krishna-trayodasi. Paran by 9:32 a.m.

25. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the Consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.

27. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Sri Lalita-saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.

28. (Fri) Gaura-astami. Sri Radhastami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast until noon.

31. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.

September

1. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva. Paran after the worship of Sri Vamanadeva and by 9:31 a.m. Appearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.

2. (Wed) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

3. (Thu) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur.

4. (Fri) Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava.

6. (Sun) Krishna-dvitiya.

15. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Indira Ekadasi. Fast.

16. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 6:40 a.m.

21. (Mon) Gaura-tritiya..

28. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhavacharyya.

30. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Pasankosa Ekadasi. Fast.

October

1. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 8:30 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami.

4. (Sun) Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata, Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata

7. (Wed) Krishna-tritiya.

9. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur.

10. (Sat) Krishna-sasthi.

11. (Sun) Krishna-astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha-kunda.

12. (Mon) Krishna-navami.

14. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Rama Ekadasi. Fast.

15. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:27 a.m.

17. (Sat) Krishna-chaturdasi.

18. (Sun) Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

19. (Mon) Gaura-pratipada. Go-puja (cow-worship) and Go-krida (the pleasure of the cows). Sri Govardhan-puja.

20. (Tue) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosh Thakur.

22. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi. The Divine Disappearance of our beloved initiating spiritual master and the Current link in the Brahma-Madhva Gaudya sampradaya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

23. (Fri) Gaura-panchami.

26. (Mon) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sri Gadadhara das Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit and Srila Srinivas Acharyya Prabhu. Sri Gopastami, Sri Gosthastami, Go-puja and Go-gras dan.

29. (Thu) Gaura-ekadasi. Sri Utthana Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Sri Srila Gaura Kisora das Babaji Maharaj.

30. (Fri) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:28 a.m.

November

1. (Sun) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami and Srila Kasisvar Pandit.

2. (Mon) Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya and Niyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima.

12. (Thu) Krishna-ekadasi. No Fast.

13. (Fri) Krishna-dvadasi. Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishna Das.

14. (Sat) Krishna-trayodasi. Paran by 9:31 a.m.

16. (Mon) Amavasya.

23. (Mon) Gaura-sasthi and Oran-sasthi.

25. (Wed) Gaura-astami.

26. (Thu) Gaura-navami.

27. (Fri) Gaura-dasami.

28. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Moksada Ekadasi. Fast.

29. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:37 a.m.

December

4. (Fri) Krishna-dvitiya.

5. (Sat) Krishna-tritiya.

6. (Sun) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of His Divine Grace Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur-the beloved spiritual master of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada

12. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. Fast.

13. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:44 a.m.

14. (Mon) Krishna-trayodasi.

17. (Thu) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan das Thakur.

19. (Sat) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.

28. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Putrada Ekadasi. Fast.

29. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 6:24 a.m. Appearance of Srila Jagadish Pandit.

31. (Thu) Purnima.

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January

3. (Sun) Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

4. (Mon) Krishna-chaturthi.

6. (Wed) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadeva Goswami Prabhu.

8. (Fri) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan das Thakur.

11. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Sat-tila Ekadasi. Fast.

12. (Tue) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 7:41 a.m.

13. (Wed) Krishna-trayodasi.

16. (Sat) Gaura-pratipad.

17. (Sun) Gaura-dvitiya.

20. (Wed) Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath das Goswami,. Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur

22. (Fri) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Sri Advaita Acharyya Prabhu.

23. (Sat) Gaura-astami.

24. (Sun) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhvacharyya.

25. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanujacharyya.

26. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast.

27. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Varaha Dvadasi. Paran by 10:00 a.m.

28. (Thu) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until noon.

29. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Paran by 10:00 a.m. for those who fasted the previous day.

30. (Sat) Purnima. Appearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur.

February

3. (Wed) Krishna-panchami. The 137th Divine Appearance of His Divine Gracei Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Goswami Prabhupad.

4. (Thu) Krishna-sasthi.

9. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. No Fast

10. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paksavarddhini Mahadvadasi. Fast.

11. (Thu) Krishna-trayodasi. Paran by 9:59 a.m.

12. (Fri) Krishna-chaturdasi.

13. (Sat) Amavasya. Paran by 9:59 a.m. for those who fasted.

15. (Mon) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj

17. (Wed) Gaura-tritiya.

18. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi

19. (Fri) Gaura-panchami.

23. (Tue) Gaura-navami.

24. (Wed) Gaura-dasami.

25. (Thu) Gaura-ekadasi. Trisprisha Mahadvadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Madhavendra Puri.

26. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:55 a.m.

27. (Sat) Gaura-chaturdasi.

28. (Sun) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains..

March

1. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:53 a.m.

5. (Fri) Krishna-panchami.