MARCH 2003

Vishnu

19. (Wed) 1 Vishnu. Krishna-pratipada. Paran by 9:45 a.m. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.

23. (Sun) 5 Vishnu. Krishna-sasti. 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.

25. (Tues) 7 Vishnu. Krishna-astami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

28. (Fri) 10 Vishnu. Krishna-ekadasi. Fast. Pap-bimochoni Ekadashi.

29. (Sat) 11 Vishnu. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9.40 a.m. Festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra Bhattacharyya.

APRIL 2003

7. (Mon) 20 Vishnu. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharyya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Maharaj.

9. (Wed ) 22 Vishnu. Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.

11. (Fri) 24 Vishnu. Gaura-navami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast until noon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon.

12. (Sat) 25 Vishnu. Paran by 9.33 a.m. for those who fasted the full day.

13. (Sun) 26 Vishnu. Gaura-ekadasi. Fast.

14. (Mon) 27 Vishnu. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 8:06 a.m.

16. (Wed) 29Vishnu. Purnima (full-moon). Rasayatra of Sri Balarama. Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila Vamsivadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.

MADHUSUDAN

21. (Mon) 5 Madhusudan. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna das Babaji Maharaj.

23. (Wed) 7 Madhusudan. Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.

26. (Sat) 10 Madhusudan. Krishna-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

27. (Sun) 11 Madhusudan. Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast. Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu’s disappearance.

28. (Mon) 12 Madhusudan. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:26 a.m.

MAY 2003

1. (Thur) 15 Madhusudan. Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit.

2. (Fri) 16 Madhusudan. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

3. (Sat) 17 Madhusudan. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

4. (Sun) 18 Madhusudan. Beginning of 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya – good day to start some works.

6. (Tues) 20 Madhusudan. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharyya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.

8. (Thur) 22 Madhusudan. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga-puja).

10. (Sat) 24 Madhusudan. Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, also of Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.

12. (Mon) 26 Madhusudan. Gaura-ekadasi. Mohini-ekadasi fasting.

13. (Tue) 27 Madhusudan. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:22 a.m. Rukmini Dvadasi vrata.

15. (Thur) 29 Madhusudan. Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrisimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).

16. (Fri) 30 Madhusudan. Purnima. Paran by 9:21 a.m. 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.

TRIVIKRAM

17. (Sat) 1 Trivikram. Krishna-pratipada. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

20. (Tue) 4 Trivikram. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya.

26. (Mon) 10 Trivikram. Krishna-ekadasi. Fast. Apara-Ekadashi.

27. (Tue) 11 Trivikram. Krishna-dvadasi. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur. Paran between 7.42 and 9.20 a.m.

31. (Sat) 15 Trivikram. Amavasya.

JUNE 2003

1. (Sun) 16 Trivikram. Gaura-pratipad. Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installation day festival.

4. (Wed) 19 Trivikram. Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).

10. (Tue) 25 Trivikram. Gaura-ekadasi. Not fasting. Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu.

11. (Wed) 26 Trivikram. Gaura-dvadasi. Fast of Nirjala-ekadasi (without water).

12. (Thu) 27 Trivikram. Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:22  a.m .Mahotsav of Srila Raghunath das Goswami at Sripat Panihati

14. (Sat) 29 Trivikram. Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.

VAMAN

15. (Sun) 1 Vaman. Krishna-pratipada. Disappearance of Srila Syamananda Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.

16. (Mon) 2 Vaman. Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-sampad.

19. (Thu) 5 Vaman. Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit.

25. (Wed) 11 Vaman. Krishna-ekadasi. Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.

26. (Thu) 13 Vaman. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:24 a.m. Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi.

29. (Sun) 15 Vaman. Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

30. (Mon) 16 Vaman. Gundicha Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all Temples of the Lord.

JULY 2003

1. (Tue) 17 Vaman. Rathayatra of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Swarupa Damodara Goswami Prabhu.

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