Vaishnava Calendar

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

Vaishnava Calendar: This calendar of Vaishnava holy days in October and November is similar to the one referred to by the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Navadwip Dham, India. Because it is a lunar calendar, Swami B.P. Janardan has astrologically recalculated the dates and times so that they are correct for devotees living in the Western United States of America.

OCTOBER-1995

Tue 3: Sri Ramachandra Vijaya Utsava [Lord Rama kills Ravana and enters Lanka]
Appearance of Madhvacharya
Wed 4: Pasankosa Ekadasi [Fast]
Thur 5: Break fast from 7:08 to 11:01 a.m.
Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, and Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami
Sun 8: Purnima
Saradiya Rasayatra
Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta
Begin Urja vrata, Damodar vrata, Kartika vrata, Niyamaseva vrata
Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins [urad dahl fast]
Fri 13: Disappearance of Srila Narottama Das Thakur
Mon 16: Bahulastami. Manifestation of Sri Radha-Kunda
Sannyas initiation of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj
Tue 17: Centenary Appearance of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu
Thur 19: Rama Ekadasi [Fast]
Fri 20: Break fast from 8:14 to 11:03 a.m.
Subha Vijay Festival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Sripat Panihati
Mon 23: Amavasya
Diwali [Lamps offered and placed in Vishnu Mandirs]
Tue 24: Sri Govardhan Puja
Annakuta Mahotsava
Balidaityaraj Puja
Go-Puja [cow worship] and Go-Krida [Lord Krishna plays with the cows]
Appearance of Srila Rasikananda Prabhu
Wed 25: Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosa Thakur
Bhratri-dwitia kritum [bothers and sisters honor each other]
Fri 27: Disappearance of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad
Mon 30: Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Das Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit, and Srila Srinivas Acharya
Sri Gopastami, Gosthastami, Go-Puja and Go-Gras dan [Giving food to the cows]

NOVEMBER-1995

Thur 2: Utthana Ekadasi [Fast]
Disappearance of Srila Gaura Kishora Das Babaji Maharaj
Sri Bhisma Panchaka
Fri 3: Break fast from 6:36 to 10:07 a.m.
Sun 5: Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami
Disappearance of Srila Kasisvara Pandit
Mon 6: Purnima
Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna
Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur
Appearance of Nimbarka Acharya
End of Chaturmasya vrata and Niyama Seva
Sat 18: Utpanna Ekadasi [Fast]
Sun 19: Break fast from 6:53 to 10:14 a.m.
Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur
Disappearance of Srila Kaliya Krishna Das
Mon 20: Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur
Wed 22: Amavasya