For earlier dates in 2013, please see the previous calendar: 2012 to 2013.
23. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Amlaki Ekadasi. Fast. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yogapitha (Sriman Mahaprabhu's
Appearance Place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir, Sri Advaita
Bhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Acharya Chatustya
Samanita, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari and Sriman Mahaprabhu Mandir,
Srila Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishora Das Babaji
Maharaj's Samadhi Prabriti, Sri Kazi Samadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath
Mandir, Sridhar Angan and Sri Simantadwip, Sri Rudradwip, Sri Antardwip.
24. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:44 a.m. Disappearance
of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudhamaya, Briddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's own Deity of
Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir,
Koladwip, etc.
25. (Mon) Gaura-trayodasi. Parikrama of Sri Godruma and Madhyadwip, Sri Surabhikunj, Suvarna Bihar
Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.
26. (Tue) Gaura-chaturdasi. Adhivas observance ceremony of
the Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri
Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip, etc., Old Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidyanagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sri
Vrindavan Das Thakur's Appearance Place, and the Deity served by Sri
Saranga Murari and Vasudeva Datta Thakur.
27. (Wed) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri
Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until
moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav
and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and
arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Start
of 528 Gaurabda year.
VISHNU
28. (Thu) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:40 a.m. Anandotsav of
Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.
APRIL 2013
1. (Mon) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the 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 Shanta Maharaj. Pancham Dol.
3. (Wed) Krishna-astami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
4. (Thu) Krishna-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.
6. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Pap Vimochani Ekadasi. Fast.
7. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:35 a.m. Festival in honour of
Sriman Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of
Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra
Bhattacharya Mahoday.
15. (Mon) Gaura-panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hridaya
Bon Maharaj.
17. (Wed) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
19. (Fri) Gaura-navami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast until noon. Appearance
at noon of Sri Ramachandra.
22. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Kamada Ekadasi. Fast.
23. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 5:13 and 5:16 a.m. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata
Sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
25. (Thu) Purnima (full-moon). Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasayatra of Sri Balarama.
Appearance of Srila Vamsivadananda Thakur
and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.
MADHUSUDAN
30. (Tue) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Das
Babaji Maharaj.
MAY 2013
2. (Thu) Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram
Thakur.
4. (Sat) Krishna-dasami. Disappearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
6. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance
of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
7. (Tue) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:23 a.m.
9. (Thu) Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit Goswami.
10. (Fri) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
12. (Sun) Gaura-dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
13. (Mon) Gaura-tritiya. Beginning of 21 days Chandan Yatra of Sri
Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya: a good day to start some works.
15. (Wed) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad
Sankar Acharya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Gabhastinemi Maharaj.
17. (Fri) Gaura-saptami. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri
Ganga-puja).
19. (Sun) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.
21. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Mohini Ekadasi. Fast.
22. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:21 a.m. Rukmini Dvadasi Vrata.
24. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri
Nrsimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadev. Full fast
until after sunset, then no
grains (anukalpa).
25. (Sat) Purnima. Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi paran by 9:21 a.m. Sri Krishna's Phul Dol and Salil Bihar. Buddha
Purnima: Appearance day of Lord Buddha. Disappearance of Srila Parameshvari Das Thakur. Appearance of Srila Madhavendra Puripad and Srila
Srinivas Acharya.
TRIVIKRAM
26. (Sun) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti
Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
29. (Wed) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Ramananda Raya.
JUNE 2013
4. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Apara Ekadasi. Fast.
5. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:21 a.m. Appearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
9. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad. Sree
Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta:
Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installation day festival.
12. (Wed) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti
Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
18. (Tue) Gaura-navami. Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.
19. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. No Fast.
20. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Nirjala
Ekadasi. Fast (without water).
21. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:24 a.m. Grand
Festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.
23. (Sun) Purnima. Snan Yatra
(bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta
and Srila Sridhar Pandit.
VAMAN
24. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda
Prabhu and Sripad Rsabhdev Das Adhikari.
25. (Tue) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari
Bhakti-sampad Prabhu.
28. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakresvara
Pandit.
JULY 2013
2. (Tue) Krishna-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
3. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. No Fast.
4. (Thu) Krishna-ekadasi. Fasting of Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.
5. (Fri) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 5.55 a.m. Disappearance
of Sriyukta Rama Devi.
8. (Mon) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit and Srila
Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
9. (Tue) Gaura-pratipad. Gundicha
Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all
Temples of the Lord.
10. (Wed) Gaura-dvitiya. Rathayatra
of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar
Goswami Prabhu and Sriman Sivananda Sen.
2. (Fri) Krishna-ekadasi. Kamika Ekadasi. Fast.
3. (Sat) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:32 a.m.
6. (Tue) Amavasya. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata
Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
10. (Sat) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamsi Das
Babaji Maharaj.
13. (Tue) Gaura-saptami. Disappearance of Sripad Ananga Mohan
Das Adhikari.
15. (Thu) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti
Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.
17. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda and start of the
one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math.
18. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:32 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das
Pandit Goswami.
21. (Wed) Purnima. Appearance
of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of
Sri Sri Radha Govinda.
HRISHIKESH
25. (Sun) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti
Vilas Tapasvi Maharaj.
28. (Wed) Krishna-astami. Sri Sri
Krishna Janmastami. Complete fast until
midnight (then no grains).
29. (Thu) Krishna-navami. Sri Nandotsava. Sri Janmastami
paran between 5:21 and 9:32 a.m. Appearance of Visvavarenya
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.
SEPTEMBER 2013
1. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Annada Ekadasi. Fast.
2. (Mon) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:31 a.m.
10. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the
Consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.
12. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Sri
Lalita-saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.
13. (Fri) Gaura-astami. Sri
Radhastami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast
until noon.
15. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. No Fast.
16. (Mon) Gaura-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva. Sravan Dvadasi. Fast. Appearance of
Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.
17. (Tue) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance
of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur. Paran
by 9:29 a.m.
18. (Wed) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance
of Srila Haridas Thakur.
19. (Thu) Purnima. Visvarup Mahotsav. End of month long
festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
PADMANABHA
21. (Sat) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.
30. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Indira Ekadasi. Fast.
OCTOBER 2013
1. (Tue) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:28 a.m.
6. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad. Grand
celebration of the Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
Acharya and Sevaite Om Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri
Srimad Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
7. (Mon) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Sri Yukta Radharani
Devi Chaudurani.
14. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra.
Appearance of Sri Madhvacharya.
15. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Papankusa Ekadasi. Fast.
16. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:27 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta
Goswami and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami.
18. (Fri) Purnima. 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.
DAMODAR
21. (Mon) Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj.
24. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
25. (Fri) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance
of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
27. (Sun) Krishna-astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day of
Sri Radha-kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.
28. (Mon) Krishna-navami. The
Grand
119th Appearance Day Celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's
Founder President Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa
Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra
Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan Das Babaji Maharaj.
30. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Rama Ekadasi. Fast.
31. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:28 a.m. Festival in honour of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat Panihati.
NOVEMBER
2013
2. (Sat) Krishna-chaturdasi. Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (or
candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
4. (Mon) 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.
5. (Tue) Gaura-dvitiya. 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).
7. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance
festival of Visvarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami
Maharaj Prabhupad.
8. (Fri) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
10. (Sun) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sri Gadadhara Das
Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit and Srila Srinivas Acharya Prabhu.
Sri Gopastami, Sri Gosthastami, Go-puja and Go-gras dan.
13. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Sri Utthana Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Sri Srila
Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj. Appearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj. Sri Bhisma-Panchaka.
14. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:32 a.m.
16. (Sat) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha
Goswami and Srila Kasisvar Pandit.
17. (Sun) Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Installation
anniversary of Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Gandharvva-Rasabiharijiu, Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission, Sri Vrindavan. Disappearance
of Srila Sundarananda Thakur. Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharya.
End of Chaturmasya and Niyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima
day (as in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).
KESHAVA
29. (Fri) Krishna-ekadasi. Utpanna Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Sriyukta Dhananjaya Das Prabhu.
30. (Sat) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:38 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishna
Das.
DECEMBER
2013
1. (Sun) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.
3. (Tue) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti
Ranjan.
8. (Sun) Gaura-sasthi and Oran-sasthi. Grand
festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya
Deities at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
10. (Tue) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das
Babaji Maharaj.
11. (Wed) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
13. (Fri) Gaura-ekadasi. Moksada Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.
14. (Sat) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:45 a.m.
17. (Tue) Purnima.
NARAYAN
19. (Thu) Krishna-dvitiya. The Grand 85th Appearance Day
Celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Sevaite President
Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
20. (Fri) Krishna-tritiya. Festivals at the appearance place
of Srila B.S.Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth Pastimes place:
Bamunpara and Nadanghat festivals.
21. (Sat) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance
festival
of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri
Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami
Prabhupad.
25. (Christmas Day.)
28. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. Fast.
Disappearance of Srila
Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj.
29. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:25 and 9:53 a.m. Disappearance of
Sripad Bhakti Bhudeva Srauti Maharaj.
30. (Mon) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh
Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur.
JANUARY 2014
1. (New Year's Day.)
2. (Thu) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
4. (Sat) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami
Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.
11. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. No Fast.
12. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Jayanti Mahadvadasi. Fast. Appearance
of Srila Jagadish Pandit.
13. (Mon) Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:58 a.m. Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.
15. (Wed) Gaura-chaturdasi. Remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
16. (Thu) Purnima. Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of
Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaisnava Maharaj.
MADHAVA
19. (Sun) Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta
Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.
20. (Mon) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Jadavendu
Bhakti Chandan.
22. (Wed) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami.
24. (Fri) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
27. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Sat-tila Ekadasi.
Fast.
28. (Tue) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 10:01 a.m.
31. (Fri) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Gaurav Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada
Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.
FEBRUARY
2014
1. (Sat) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.
4. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Sri
Saraswati Puja. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi. Appearance
of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, and Srila
Raghunandana Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Chakravarti
Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj and
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarupa Parvat Maharaj.
6. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar,
Sri Advaita Acharya.
7. (Fri) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra
Krishna Prabhu.
8. (Sat) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhva Acharya.
9. (Sun) Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Srila
Ramanuja Acharya.
10. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast.
11. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Varaha Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Varahadev. Paran after the worship of Varahadev and by 10:00
a.m.
12. (Wed) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until
noon. Grand festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura
Nityananda at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha,
Ekachakra Dham.
13. (Thu) Gaura-chaturdasi. Paran by 9:59 a.m. for those who
fasted the previous day.
14. (Fri) Purnima. Appearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
Sri Krishna's Madhurotsava.
GOVINDA
18. (Tue) Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.
20. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. The
141st
Divine Appearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya
Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Anniversary Festival of
the installation of Sri Gupta-Govardhan Sri Mandir, Sri Govinda Kunda,
Nabadwip. Disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur.
21. (Fri) Krishna-sasthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
25. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Vijaya Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda Das Adhikari.
26. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:55 a.m.
28. (Fri) Krishna-chaturdasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. (Optional
fast.)
MARCH 2014
1. (Sat) Amavasya. Paran by 9:54 a.m. for those who fasted. Anniversary
Festival of the installation of Sri Sadasiva Gangadhara, Sri Govinda
Kunda, Nabadwip.
2. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava
Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev
Goswami and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaj.
4. (Tue) Gaura-tritiya. Sri
Sri Guru-Gauranga-Gandharva-Radha-Ramanasundarjiu installation anniversary
festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha,
Kaikhali, Kolkata.
5. (Wed) Gaura-chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purusottama
Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas Dasadhikari Prabhu.
6. (Thu) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini
Devi.
11. (Tue) Gaura-dasami. Adhivas Festival of Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama. Beginning
of annual seven day festival.
12. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Amalaki Ekadasi. Fast. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yogapitha (Sriman Mahaprabhu's
Appearance Place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir, Sri Advaita
Bhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Acharya Chatustya
Samanita, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari and Sriman Mahaprabhu Mandir,
Srila Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishora Das Babaji
Maharaj's Samadhi Prabriti, Sri Kazi Samadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath
Mandir, Sridhar Angan and Sri Simantadwip, Sri Rudradwip, Sri Antardwip.
13. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:48 a.m. Disappearance
of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudhamaya, Briddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's own Deity of
Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir,
Koladwip, etc.
14. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi. Parikrama of Sri Godruma and Madhyadwip, Sri Surabhikunj, Suvarna Bihar
Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.
15. (Sat) Gaura-chaturdasi. Adhivas observance ceremony of
the Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri
Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip, etc., Old Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidyanagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sri
Vrindavan Das Thakur's Appearance Place, and the Deity served by Sri
Saranga Murari and Vasudeva Datta Thakur.
16. (Sun) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri
Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until
moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav
and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and
arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Start
of 529 Gaurabda year.
VISHNU
17. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:40 a.m. Anandotsav of
Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.
21. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the 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 Shanta Maharaj.
NOTE: Srila Gurudev Srila Govinda Maharaj's Disappearance Day is the 2nd dvadasi after Sri Gaura Purnima. So, within a day (because of the particular way our calendar is calculated), we can understand his Disappearance Festival will be on Saturday 12 April 2014. The precise date will be confirmed with the publication of the new 2014-2015 Calendar just before Sri Gaura-Purnima.
