All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

 

 

The Vaisnava Calendar

 

 

 

for the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for 2007 to 2008 calculated for Kolkata, India.  Start of 522 Gaurabda year

Festivities for the 12 Vaisnava months starting from March 2007.

 

Yours in the service of Sri Guru & Gauranga.

  Natabara das

U.K.

 

N.B. This calendar is a *guideline* until such time as the new Math's calendar is available.

Details may change due to the specifics of the particular astrological calendar the Math's calendar is based upon.

This year the *original* panjika from which the Bengali calendar is calculated was published particularly late in Calcutta. Hence the delay. The Bengali calendar is not yet made, hence we cannot make the English version. We will post the new calendar on the Math's website as soon as it's available:

http://scsmath.com/events/calendar

However as a good guideline, the following calendar has been calculated by our astrologer enthusiast devotee, Natabara Prabhu, living in UK.

-MdBR, 11 March 2007

 

 

Contents:

 

1      Visnu. 1

2        Madhusudan  3

3        Trivikram   4

Purushottam Trivikram.. 5

Trivikrama continues. 5

4        Vamana  6

5      Sridhar 7

6        Hrisikesha  9

7        Padmanabha  10

8        Damodara  11

9        Keshava  13

10            Narayana  14

11            Madhava  15

12             Govinda  17

1      Visnu. 19

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Data according to Indian Standard Time:

1          Visnu      

 

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Krishna-pratipada.

Paran by 9:52 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:52 a.m.

 

Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra.

Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.

 

Friday, March 9, 2007

Krishna-panchami         

Festival at Appearance Place of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sripat Hapaniya: Grand Appearance of the Holy Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram.

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.

Pancham dol.

 

Monday, March 12, 2007

Krishna-astami.

Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

 

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Krishna-dasami.

Festival at Appearance Place of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sripat Bamunpara.

 

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Pap-bimochoni Ekadasi. Fast

 

Friday, March 16, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:46 a.m.

Break of fast between 05:49 to 09:46 a.m.

 

Festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s auspicious arrival at Varahanagar.

Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur.

Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra Bhattacharyya.

 

Friday, March 23, 2007

Gaura-panchami.

Appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharyya 

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Maharaj.

 

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Gaura-saptami.

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.

 

Monday, March 26, 2007 11:32:08 AM IST           9.  Navami                 Shukla paksha

Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:36:53 AM IST           10. Dashami              Shukla paksha

 

Gaura-navami.

Sri Rama-navami. Fast until noon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon. *

 

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Paran by 9:40 a.m. for those who fasted the full day. **

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:40 a.m.

 

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Kamada Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Friday, March 30, 2007 3:33:55 PM IST      13. Trayodashi Shukla paksha

 

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:40 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:40 a.m.

Damanakaropana Dvadasi

 

Monday, April 2, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Rasayatra of Sri Balarama.

Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna.

Appearance of Srila Vamsivadananda Thakur and

Appearance of Srila Syamananda Prabhu.

2          Madhusudan

 

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Krishna-panchami.

Disappearance of Sripad Krishna das Babaji Maharaj.

 

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Krishna-saptami.

Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.

 

Friday, April 13, 2007

Krishna-dasami.

Disappearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

 

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast.

Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.

 

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:31 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:31 a.m.

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Amavasya (new-moon).

Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit.

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Gaura-pratipad.

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

 

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Gaura-dvitiya.

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

           

Friday, April 20, 2007

Gaura-tritiya.

Beginning of 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya – good day to start some works.

 

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Gaura-panchami.

Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharyya.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.

 

Monday, April 23, 2007

Jahnu-saptami.

Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga-puja).

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Gaura-navami.

Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi,

Appearance of Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.

 

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Mohini-ekadasi fasting.

 

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:28 a.m.

Rukmini Dvadasi vrata.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:28 a.m.

 

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Sri Nrisimha-chaturdasi:

Appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).  *

 

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Sri Krishna’s Phul-dola and Salil Bihar.

Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari das Thakur.

Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharyya.

Buddha Purnima: appearance day of Lord Buddha.

3          Trivikram

 

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Krishna-pratipada.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

 

Monday, May 7, 2007

Krishna-panchami.

Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya.

 

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Apara-Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Monday, May 14, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:22 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:22 a.m.

Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

 

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:33:13 AM IST  15. Amavasya               Krishna paksha

Purushottam Trivikram

 

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Gaura Ekadasi.

Fasting for Padmini Ekadasi.

 

Monday, May 28, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:21 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:21 a.m.

 

Monday, June 11, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Fasting for Parama Ekadasi.

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:22a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:22 a.m.

 

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Trivikrama continues

 

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Gaura-pratipad.

Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installation day festival.

 

Monday, June 18, 2007

Gaura-chaturthi.

Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).

 

Monday, June 25, 2007

Gaura-dasami.

Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.

Disappearance of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu.

 

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Fast of Nirjjala-ekadasi (without water).

 

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 09:25 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:25 a.m.

 

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Gaura-trayodasi.

Grand Festival of Srila Raghunath das Goswami at Sripat Panihati

 

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev.

Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.

4          Vamana

 

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Krishna-pratipada.

Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu

Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.

 

Monday, July 2, 2007

Krishna-dvitiya.

Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-sampad.

 

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Krishna-panchami.

Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit.

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi. 

Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:29 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:29 a.m.

Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi.

 

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Amavasya (new-moon).

Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit

Disappearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

 

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Gaura-pratipad.

Gundicha Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all Temples of the Lord.

 

Monday, July 16, 2007

Gaura-dvitiya.

Rathayatra of Sri Jagannath Dev.

Disappearance of Srila Swarupa Damodara Goswami Prabhu.

 

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Gaura-panchami.

Hera-panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay at Sri Puri Dham.

 

Saturday, July 22, 2007

Gaura-astami.

Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.

 

Monday, July 23, 2007

Gaura-navami.

Purna Yatra of Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival).

 

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi. 

Sayan Ekadasi. Fast.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. Disappearance of Srimati Krishnamayi Devi.

 

Friday, July 27, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:30 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:30 a.m.

 

Monday, July 30, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu.

Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on Purnima–as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).

(green leafy vegetable fast for one month)

5          Sridhar

 

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Krishna-dvitiya.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.

 

Friday, August 3, 2007

Krishna-panchami.

Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

 

Monday, August 6, 2007

Krishna-astami.

Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu.

 

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Kamika Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Friday, August 10, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:33 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:33 a.m.

 

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Amavasya (new-moon).

Disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

 

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Friday, August 17, 2007

Gaura-chaturthi.

Disappearance of Srila Vamsi das Babaji Maharaj.

 

Monday, August 20, 2007

Gaura-saptami.

Disappearance of Sripad Ananga Mohan Das Adhikari.

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Gaura-navami.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.

 

Friday, August 24, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast.

Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda

Start of the one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

 

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:32 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:32 a.m.

Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami

Disappearance of Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami.

 

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. *

 

End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

 

Second month of Caturmasya begins.

(yogurt fast for one month)

6          Hrisikesha

 

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

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

 

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Krishna-navami.

Sri Janmastami paran before 9:31 a.m. **

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:31 a.m.

Sri Nandotsava.

Appearance of Visvavarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

 

Friday, September 7, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Annada Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:30 a.m.

Break fast 05:21 - 09:30

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:52 a.m.

 

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Gaura-panchami.

Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the Consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.

 

Monday, September 17, 2007

Gaura-saptami.

Sri Lalita-saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.

 

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Gaura-astami.

Sri Radhastami. Srimati Radharani’s appearance at noon. Fast until noon. *

 

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Monday, September 24, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva.

Paran after the worship of Sri Vamanadeva and by 9:28 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:28 a.m.

Appearance of Sri Jiva Goswami Prabhu.

 

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Gaura-trayodasi.

Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

 

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Gaura-chaturdasi.

Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur.

Third month of Caturmasya begins.

(milk fast for one month)

 

Purnima (full-moon).

Visvarupa Mahotsava.

End of month long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

7          Padmanabha

 

Friday, September 28, 2007

Krishna-dvitiya.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.

 

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Indira Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:27 a.m. 

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:27 a.m.

 

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Gaura-tritiya.

Disappearance of Sri Yukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.

 

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Gaura-dasami.

Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra.

Appearance of Sri Madhavacharyya.

 

Monday, October 22, 2007

Gaura-ekadasi.

Pasankosa Ekadasi. Fast

 

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Gaura-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:27 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:27 a.m.

Disappearance of Srila Raghunath das Goswami,

Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami

Disappearance of Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami.

 

Friday, October 26, 2007

Purnima (full-moon).

Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna.

Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta.

Beginning of Urja-vrata, Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata if begun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

Fourth month of Caturmasya begins.

(urad dal fast for one month)

8          Damodara

 

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Krishna-tritiya.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj.

 

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Krishna-panchami.

Disappearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur.

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Krishna-sasthi.

Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

 

Friday, November 2, 2007

 

Krishna-astami.

Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha-kunda.

Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

 

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Krishna-navami.

Grand 113th Appearance festival of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu.

Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan das Babaji Maharaj.

 

Monday, November 5, 2007

Krishna-ekadasi.

Rama Ekadasi. Fast.

 

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Krishna-dvadasi.

Paran by 9:29 a.m.

Break of fast between sunrise and 9:29 a.m.

Subha Vijay festival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Sripat Panihati.

 

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Krishna-chaturdasi. 

Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

 

Friday, November 9, 2007

Amavasya (new-moon).

Dipavali.

Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

 

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Gaura-pratipada.

Go-puja (cow-worship) and Go-krida (the pleasure of the cows).

Sri Govardhan-puja.

Annakut Mahotsava: Grand festival and puja to Sri Sri Anu Giriraj at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram in Sri Govardhan and Sri Gupta-Govardhan-puja festival at Sri Govinda Kunda in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip. Balidaityaraj-puja.

 

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Gaura-tritiya.

Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosh Thakur.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Maharaj.

Bhratri-dvitiya krityam (festival where brothers and sisters honour each other).

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Gaura-chaturthi.

Disappearance festival of Visvarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

 

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Gaura-panchami.

Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

 

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Gaura-astami.

Disappearance of Sri Gadadhara das Goswami,

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