MARCH
2018
1. (Thu) Gaura Chaturdashi.
Adhivas observance ceremony of the appearance of Sri
Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri
Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip, Old Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhar
Mandir, Vidya Nagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Srila
Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance place, and the Deity
served by Sri Saranga Murari and Vasudev Datta Thakur.
2. (Fri) 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 Dol Yatra of Sri Sri
Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati.
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and mahasankirtan.
End of year 532 Gaurabda.
VISHNU
3. (Sat) Krishna Pratipad.
Sri Gaura Purnima paran between 6:03 and 9:54 a.m.
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Last gathering of
the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math and yearly festival. Start of year 533 Gaurabda.
6. (Tue) 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 Gopinath Jiu at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.
Pancham Dol.
9. (Fri) Krishna Ashtami.
Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
11. (Sun) Krishna Navami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha
Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.
13. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast.
14. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:53 and 9:49 a.m. Festival in honour of Sriman
Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varaha Nagar.
Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur.
Disappearance of Sripad Satyendrachandra Bhattacharya
Mahoday.
22. (Thu) Gaura Panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
24. (Sat) Gaura Saptami.
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Tirtha Maharaj.
25. (Sun) Gaura Ashtami. Sri
Rama Navami. Fast until noon. Appearance
at noon of Sri Ramachandra. (Please see Note 1 of 'Special Features'.)
27. (Tue) Gaura Ekadashi. Kamada
Ekadashi. Fast.
28. (Wed) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:48 and 9:42 a.m. Festival
in honour of the disappearance of Om Vishnupad
Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya
Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
31. (Sat) Purnima. Vasanta
Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram.
Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur and
Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.
APRIL
2018
MADHUSUDAN
5. (Thu) Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Sripad
Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
7. (Sat) Krishna Saptami.
Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
10. (Tue) Krishna Dashami. Disappearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
11. (Wed) Krishna Ekadashi. No
fast today (because of Dashami viddha at dawn). Disappearance
of Sriyukta
Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
12. (Thu) Krishna Ekadashi. Varuthini Ekadashi. Fast.
13. (Fri) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:24 and 9:20 a.m.
16. (Mon) Amavasya. Appearance
of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
17. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad.
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka
Paramahamsa Maharaj.
18. (Wed) Gaura Tritiya. Beginning
of 21 days Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Aksaya Tritiya: a good day to start some works. Appearance
of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar
Maharaj (because the
Dvitiya tithi on the previous day was viddha at
sunrise).
20. (Fri) Gaura Panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Shankar Acharya. Disappearance of
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi
Maharaj.
22. (Sun) Gaura Saptami.
Jahnu Saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri
Ganga Puja).
24. (Tue) Gaura Navami.
Appearance of Sri Nityananda-shakti, Sri
Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-shakti, Sri Sita
Devi. Appearance of Srila Bhakti Sudhir Goswami
Maharaj.
26. (Thu) Gaura Ekadashi. Mohini Ekadashi. Fast.
27. (Fri) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:12 and 7:55 a.m.
29. (Sun) Gaura Chaturdashi. Sri
Nrisimha Chaturdashi: appearance day of Sri
Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset,
then no grains (anukalpa).
30. (Mon) Purnima. Sri
Nrisimha Chaturdashi paran between 5:10 and 5:49 a.m. Sri Krishna's Phul Dol and Salila Bihar. Buddha
Purnima: appearance day of Lord Buddha. Disappearance
of Srila Parameshvari Das Thakur. Appearance of Srila
Srinivas Acharya.
MAY
2018
TRIVIKRAM (1st HALF)
1. (Tue) Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Tridandi
Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
5. (Sat) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Ramananda Ray.
9. (Wed) Krishna Navami. Disappearance
of Sripad Santosh Krishna Das Adhikari Prabhu.
11. (Fri)
Krishna Ekadashi. Apara Ekadashi. Fast.
12. (Sat)
Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:03 and 9:23 a.m. Appearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
PURUSHOTTAM
25. (Fri)
Gaura Ekadashi. Padmini Ekadashi. Fast.
26. (Sat)
Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 4:57 and 9:22 a.m.
JUNE
2018
10. (Sun) Krishna Ekadashi. Parama Ekadashi. Fast.
11. (Mon)
Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 4:56 and 7:04 a.m.
TRIVIKRAM (2nd
HALF)
14. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad.
Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum
Dum Park, Kolkata: Sri
Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan Mohan Jiu's
installation day festival.
17. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj
(Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
23. (Sat) Gaura Dashami.
Dashahara. Sri
Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhushan Prabhu.
24. (Sun) Gaura Ekadashi. Nirjala
Ekadashi. Fast.
25. (Mon) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 4:56 and 6:01 a.m.
26. (Tue) Gaura Trayodashi. Grand
festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat
Panihati.
28. (Thu) Purnima. Snan
Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila
Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.
VAMAN
29. (Fri) Krishna Pratipad.
Disappearance of Srila
Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad
Rishabdev Das Adhikari.
30. (Sat) Krishna Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti Sampad Prabhu.
JULY
2018
3. (Tue) Krishna Panchami.
Appearance of Srila
Vakreshvar Pandit.
9. (Mon) Krishna Ekadashi. Yogini
Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance
of Sriyukta Rama Devi.
10. (Tue) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:02 and 9:29 a.m.
13. (Fri) Amavasya. Disappearance
of Srila Gadadhar Pandit and Srila
Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Gundicha
Marjan: cleaning at the Gundicha Temple at Sri
Puri Dham, and cleaning of all Temples of the Lord.
14. (Sat) Gaura Pratipad. Ratha
Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev. (Please see Note 2 of 'Special Features'.)
15. (Sun) Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance
of Srila Svarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu.
17. (Tue) Gaura Panchami. Hera
Panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay (observed the
following day in Sri Puri Dham).
20. (Fri) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance
of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.
22. (Sun) Gaura Dashami.
Punar Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev (Return car festival).
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal
Madhusudan Maharaj. Disappearance of Sriyukta
Krishnamayi Devi.
23. (Mon) Gaura Ekadashi. Shayan
Ekadashi. Fast.
24. (Tue) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:07 and 9:31 a.m.
27. (Fri) Purnima. Sri
Guru Purnima. Appearance of Srila Vyasadev.
Disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu.
Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on
Purnima as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).
Appearance of Srila Bhakti Bimal Avadhut Maharaj.
SRIDHAR
29. (Sun) Krishna Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi
Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
AUGUST
2018
2. (Thu) Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Srila
Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.
5. (Sun) Krishna Ashtami.
Disappearance of Srila
Lokanath Goswami Prabhu.
7. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Kamika Ekadashi. Fast.
8. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 6:55 and 9:33 a.m.
11. (Sat) Amavasya. Festival
in honour of the disappearance of Om Vishnupad
Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya
Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
15. (Wed) Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Srila
Vamshi Das Babaji Maharaj.
18. (Sat) Gaura Ashtami.
Disappearance of Sripad Ananga Mohan Das Adhikari (because
the Saptami tithi on the previous day was viddha at
sunrise).
20. (Mon) Gaura Navami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Prasun Bodhayan
Maharaj.
22. (Wed) Gaura Ekadashi. Pavitraropani
Ekadashi. 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.
23. (Thu) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:19 and 9:33 a.m. Disappearance
of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das Pandit
Goswami.
26. (Sun) Purnima. Appearance
of Sri Baladev. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda.
HRISHIKESH
31. (Fri) Krishna Panchami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Vilas Tapasvi
Maharaj.
SEPTEMBER
2018
3. (Mon) Krishna Ashtami. Sri
Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Complete fast
until midnight, then no grains.
4. (Tue) Krishna Navami. Sri
Nandotsav. Sri Janmashtami paran between
5:13 and 9:32 a.m. Appearance of Vishva-varenya
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
Prabhupad.
6. (Thu) Krishna Ekadashi. Annada Ekadashi. Fast.
7. (Fri) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:24 and 6:40 a.m.
14. (Fri) Gaura Panchami.
Appearance of Sri
Sita Devi, the consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.
16. (Sun) Gaura Saptami. Sri
Lalita Saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita
Devi.
17. (Mon) Gaura Ashtami. Sri
Radhashtami. Srimati Radharani's
appearance at noon. Fast until noon.
20. (Thu) Gaura Ekadashi. No
fast today (because of Vishnu-shrinkhala-yoga and
Mahadvadashi the following day).
21. (Fri) Gaura Dvadashi. Appearance
of Sri Vamanadev. Vishnu-shrinkhala-yoga
and Vijaya Mahadvadashi. Fast. Appearance
of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.
22. (Sat) Gaura Trayodashi. Paran between 5:28 and 9:29 a.m. Appearance
of Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur.
23. (Sun) Gaura
Chaturdashi. Disappearance
of Srila Haridas Thakur.
25. (Tue) Purnima. Vishvarup
Mahotsav. End of month-long festival at
Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
PADMANABHA
27. (Thu) Krishna Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Tirtha Maharaj.
OCTOBER
2018
5. (Fri) Krishna Ekadashi. Indira Ekadashi. Fast.
6. (Sat) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:33 a.m. and 9:28 a.m.
10. (Wed) Gaura Pratipad.
Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
Acharya and Sevaite Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj.
12. (Fri) Gaura Tritiya.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.
13. (Sat) Gaura Chaturthi.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Dayita
Damodar Maharaj.
19. (Fri) Gaura Dashami. Vijay
Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhva
Acharya.
20. (Sat) Gaura Ekadashi. Papankusha
Ekadashi. Fast.
21. (Sun) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:40 and 9:28 a.m. Disappearance of Srila
Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta
Goswami, and Srila
Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.
24. (Wed) Purnima.
Sharadiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of
Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning
of Urja Vrata, Damodar Vrata, Kartik Vrata and
Niyam-seva Vrata if begun from the purnima day,
as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
DAMODAR
27. (Sat) Krishna Tritiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup
Puri Maharaj.
29. (Mon) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
30. (Tue) Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance
of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
NOVEMBER
2018
1. (Thu) Krishna Ashtami.
Bahulashtami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha Kunda. Sannyas
day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.
2. (Fri) Krishna Navami. The
grand 124th appearance day celebration of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math's
Founder-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad
Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya
Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila
Virachandra Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhi
Charan Das Babaji Maharaj.
3. (Sat) Krishna Ekadashi. No fast
(because of Dashami viddha at dawn).
4. (Sun) Krishna Dvadashi. Rama
Ekadashi. Fast. Festival in honour of
Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat
Panihati.
5. (Mon) Krishna
Trayodashi. Paran between
5:48 and 9:30 a.m.
6. (Tue) Krishna
Chaturdashi. Offering and placing of lamps (or
candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
7. (Wed) Amavasya. Dipavali.
Offering and placing of lamps (or candles) on Vishnu
Mandirs.
8. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Sri
Govardhan Puja. Grand Annakut Mahotsav
('Rice Mountain Festival') at Srila Sridhar Swami Seva
Ashram in Sri Govardhan and in the Temple in Sri Gupta
Govardhan. Go Puja (cow-worship) and Go Krida (the
pleasure of the cows).
9. (Fri) 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).
11. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance
festival of Vishva-varenya Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.
12. (Mon) Gaura Panchami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka
Paramahamsa Maharaj.
16. (Fri) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance
of Sri Gadadhar Das Goswami, Srila Dhananjay Pandit,
and Srila Srinivas Acharya Prabhu. Sri
Gopashtami, Sri Goshthastami, Go Puja, and Go
Gras-dan.
19. (Mon) Gaura Ekadashi. Sri Utthan Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance
of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Sri Srila Gaura Kishor
Das Babaji Maharaj. Appearance of Tridandi
Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj. Sri
Bhishma Panchaka.
20. (Tue) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:56 and 9:34 a.m.
22. (Thu) Gaura
Chaturdashi. Disappearance
of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami and Srila Kashishvar
Pandit.
23. (Fri) Purnima. Rasa
Yatra of Sri Krishna. Installation
anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Rasa
Bihari Jiu, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission,
Sri Vrindavan. Disappearance of Srila
Sundarananda Thakur. Appearance of Srila Nimbarka
Acharya. End of Chaturmasya and Niyama-seva vratas
when began from Purnima (as in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math).
DECEMBER
2018
KESHAVA
3. (Mon) Krishna Ekadashi. Utpanna Ekadashi. Fast.
4. (Tue) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 6:07 and 9:40 a.m. Disappearance of Srila
Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya
Krishnadas. Disappearance of Sriyukta Dhananjay Das
Prabhu.
5. (Wed) Krishna Trayodashi.
Disappearance of Srila
Saranga Thakur.
7. (Fri) Amavasya.
Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.
13. (Thu) Gaura Shashthi.
Oran Shashthi. Grand
festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri
Nitai-Chaitanya Jiu at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math.
15. (Sat) Gaura Ashtami.
Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.
16. (Sun) Gaura Navami.
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal
Madhusudan Maharaj.
17. (Mon) Gaura Dashami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum
Shraman Maharaj.
18. (Tue) Gaura Ekadashi. Moksada
Ekadashi. Fast.
19. (Wed) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 10:05 a.m. and 4:52 p.m.
NARAYAN
24. (Mon) Krishna Dvitiya. The
grand 90th appearance day celebration of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math's
Sevaite-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad
Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
25. (Tue) Krishna Tritiya.
Festivals at the appearance place of Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth Pastimes
place: Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat. Christmas
Day.
26. (Wed) 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.
JANUARY
2019
1. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Saphala
Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila
Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash
Aranya Maharaj. New
Year's Day.
2. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran
between 9:49 and 9:55 a.m. Disappearance of
Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Shrauti Maharaj.
3. (Thu) Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh
Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur.
6. (Sun) Gaura Pratipad.
Appearance of Srila
Lochan Das Thakur.
9. (Wed) Gaura Tritiya.
Disappearance of Srila
Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.
13. (Sun) Gaura
Saptami. Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the
night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.
15. (Tue) Gaura
Navami. Remembrance
of Sriman
Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
17. (Thu) Gaura Ekadashi. Putrada
Ekadashi. Fast. Appearance of Srila
Jagadish Pandit.
18. (Fri) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 6:26 and 10:00 a.m.
21. (Mon) Purnima.
Pushyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance
of Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaisnava Maharaj.
MADHAVA
24. (Thu) Krishna Chaturthi. Appearance
of Srila
Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of
Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj (because
the Tritiya tithi on the previous day was viddha at
sunrise). Disappearance
of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti Chandan.
26. (Sat) Krishna Shashthi.
Disappearance of Srila
Jayadev Goswami.
28. (Mon) Krishna Ashtami.
Disappearance of Srila
Lochan Das Thakur.
31. (Thu) Krishna Ekadashi. Shat-tila
Ekadashi. Fast.
FEBRUARY
2019
1. (Fri) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 6:23 and 10:02
a.m.
5. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava
Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada
Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.
6. (Wed) Gaura Dvitiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan
Shanta Maharaj.
9. (Sat) Gaura Chaturthi.
Appearance of Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
10. (Sun) Gaura Panchami. Sri
Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Appearance day of
Sri Vishnu Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila
Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila
Raghunath Das Goswami, and Srila
Raghu Nandan Thakur. Disappearance of Srila
Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj, and Tridandi
Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarup Parvat Maharaj. Sri
Saraswati Puja.
12. (Tue) Gaura Saptami. Appearance
of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharya.
13. (Wed) Gaura Ashtami.
Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.
14. (Thu) Gaura Navami. Disappearance
of Srila Madhva Acharya.
15. (Fri) Gaura Dashami. Disappearance
of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.
16. (Sat) Gaura Ekadashi. Trisprsha
Mahadvadashi. Varaha
Dvadashi. Appearance of Lord Varaha. Fast in
honour of Mahadvadashi, the appearance of Lord Varaha,
and the appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
17. (Sun) Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Paran between
6:14 and 9:59 am after
the worship of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Grand
festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru
Gaura Nityananda Jiu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata
Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham.
19. (Tue) Purnima. Sri
Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila
Narottam Das Thakur.
GOVINDA
22. (Fri) Krishna Tritiya.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik
Siddhanti Maharaj.
24. (Sun) Krishna Panchami. The
146th 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.
25. (Mon) Krishna Shashthi.
Appearance of Tridandi
Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
MARCH
2019
2. (Sat) Krishna Ekadashi. Vijaya Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad
Krishna Govinda Das Adhikari.
3. (Sun) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 6:03 and 9:54 a.m.
5. (Tue) Krishna
Chaturdashi. Sri
Sri Shivaratri (optional fast). Disappearance of
Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram.
6. (Wed) Amavasya. Paran
between 6:00 and 9:52 a.m. for those who fasted. Anniversary
festival of the installation
of Sri Sadashiva Gangadhar, Sri Govinda Kunda,
Nabadwip.
7. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad.
Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath
Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami, and
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.
8. (Fri) Gaura Dvitiya.
Appearance of Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.
9. (Sat) Gaura Tritiya. Sri
Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radha Ramanasundar Jiu
installation anniversary festival, at Sree Chaitanya
Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Kaikhali,
Kolkata.
10. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi.
Appearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur. Disappearance
of Sripad Tulasidas Das Adhikari Prabhu.
11. (Mon) Gaura Panchami.
Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini Devi.
16. (Sat) Gaura Dashami. Adhivas
festival of Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of
annual seven day festival.
17. (Sun) Gaura Ekadashi. Amalaki
Ekadashi. Fast. Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama
of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yoga Pith (Sriman Mahaprabhu's
appearance place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir,
Sri Advaita Bhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya
Math, the Temple of Sri Sri Gandharvika-Giridhari and
Sriman Mahaprabhu surrounded by the Acharyas of the
four Vaishnava sampradayas, Srila Prabhupad's Samadhi
Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj's
Samadhi, Sri Kazi Samadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath
Mandir, Sridhar Angan, Sri Simantadwip, Sri Rudradwip,
and Sri Antardwip.
18. (Mon) Gaura Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:49 and 9:47 a.m. Disappearance
of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudha
Maya, Vriddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's Deity of Sri
Gauranga, Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi
Mandir, Sri Koladwip, and other places.
19. (Tue) Gaura Trayodashi.
Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and Madhyadwip, Sri
Surabhi Kunj, Suvarna Bihar Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli,
Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.
20. (Wed) Gaura
Chaturdashi. Adhivas observance ceremony of the
appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip,
Sri Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip, Old
Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidya Nagar Sarvabhauma
Gaudiya Math, Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance
place, and the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari and
Vasudev Datta Thakur.
21. (Thu) 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 Dol Yatra of Sri Sri
Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati.
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and mahasankirtan.
End of year 533 Gaurabda.
VISHNU
22. (Fri) Krishna Dvitiya.
Sri Gaura Purnima paran between 5:45 and 9:46 a.m.
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Last gathering of
the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math and yearly festival. Start of year 534 Gaurabda.
25. (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 Gopinath Jiu at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.
Pancham Dol.
28. (Thu) Krishna Ashtami.
Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
29. (Fri) Krishna Navami.
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha
Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.
APRIL
2019
1. (Sun) Krishna Ekadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast.
2. (Mon) Krishna Dvadashi.
Paran between 5:34 and 8:39 a.m. Festival in honour of Sriman
Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varaha Nagar.
Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur.
Disappearance of Sripad Satyendrachandra Bhattacharya
Mahoday.
10. (Wed) Gaura Panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
12. (Fri) Gaura Saptami.
Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Tirtha 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), his disappearance festival will be on
Tuesday 16 April 2019. The precise date will be
confirmed with the publication of the new 2019-2020
calendar just before Sri Gaura Purnima.
Kindly note that the next "Gaudiya
Festival Dates" published from Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math will only be available around Sri Gaura-Purnima,
2019.
