VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2019-2020
(Gourabda 533)
Month
Mar 2019
Date
Festival of Jagannath Misra
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Mon 1st
Maha-Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)
Next day after Sunrise
Sun 14th
Sri Rama Navami
Fasting till Sunset
Mon 15th
Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana
Tue 16th
Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)
Thu 18th
Their Lordships' 22nd Brahmotsava celebrations
begin (in iskcon Bangalore) - Dhvaja Arohana
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Tue 30th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Tue 7th
Akshaya Tritiya
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Tue 14th
End of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana
Wed 15th
Ekadashi
Mon 29th
Wed 15th
Sat 18th
Jul 2019
Aug 2019
Next day after Sunrise
Brahma Ratha
Brahmotsava celebrations end (in iskcon
Bangalore) - Dhvaja Avarohana
Sat 27th
Jun 2019
Breaking Fast
Fri 22nd
Apr 2019
May 2019
Event
Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha begins
(in iskcon Bangalore)
Narasimha Chaturdashi:
Appearance of Lord Narasimhadeva
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Next day after Sunrise
---Fasting till dusk
Wed 29th
Hanuman Jayanti (in iskcon Bangalore)
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Thu 30th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Thu 13th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Sat 15th
Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava
Mon 17th
Jagannatha Snana Yatra
Sat 29th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Tue 2nd
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Disappearance
Fasting till noon
Thu 4th
Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra
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Wed 10th
Sudarshana Jayanti at Iskcon, VK hill, Bangalore
Fri 12th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Fri 12th
Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra
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Sat 13th
Founding Day (As per the Founding Document:
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ISKCON)
Tue 16th
First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from
---Shak (green leafy vegetables) for one month
Sun 28th
Ekadashi
Mon 5th
Garuda Panchami (in Iskcon Bangalore)
Sun 11th
Ekadasi and Jhulan Yatra begins
Tue 13th
Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion begins
(as per Jaladuta Diary )
Thu 15th
Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Balarama
Jhulan Yatra ends
Fasting till noon
Second month of Chaturmasya begins.
Fasting from yogurt for one month.
Next day after Sunrise
Next day after Sunrise
Aug 2019
Sep 2019
Fri 23rd
Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations
Sat 24th
Sri Krishna Janmashtami:
Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna
Fasting till midnight
Sun 25th
Nandotsava
Sri Vyasa Puja: Appearance of Srila Prabhupada
Fasting till noon
Tue 27th
Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)
Next day after Sunrise
Sun 1st
Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja Smaranam
(for in iskcon Bangalore)
Fri 6th
Radhashtami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani
Fasting till noon
Mon 9th
Ekadashi
Fasting till noon today in
addition to regular
Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after Sunrise
Tue 10th
Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord
Vamanadeva
Fasting observed the
previous day till noon
Wed 11th
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance
Fasting till noon
Wed 25th
Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada
(Srila Prabhupada sannyasa smriti)
Third month of Chaturmasya begins.
Fasting from milk for one month.
Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion ends
(as per Jaladuta Diary )
Ekadashi
Tue 8th
Dusshera Festival (in iskcon Mysore)
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Wed 9th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Sun 13th
Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting
from Urad dal for one month.
KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS
DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS (in iskcon Bangalore)
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Thu 24th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Tue 29th
Govardhana Puja, Go Puja
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Thu 31st
Srila Prabhupada - Disappearance
Fasting till noon
Fri 8th
Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance
Ekadashi
Fasting till noon today
in addition to regular
Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after
Sunrise
Tue 12th
Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS
DEEPOTSAVA ENDS (in iskcon Bangalore)
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Wed 20th
Srila Prabhupada Diksha Diwasa
Sat 23rd
Maha-Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)
Sun 1st
Srila Prabhupada Book Distribution Festival
Inauguration (in iskcon Bangalore)
Sun 8th
Ekadashi & Gita Jayanti
Next day after Sunrise
Mon 16th
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Disappearance
Fasting till noon
Sun 22nd
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Wed 25th
Kirtan Mela (in iskcon Bangalore)
Thu 26th
Kirtan Mela (in iskcon Bangalore)
Mon 6th
Vaikuntha Ekadashi (*Check two months before*)
Mon 20th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Sat 1st
Sri Advaita Acharya - Appearance
Fasting till noon
Sat 14th
Thu 19th
Oct 2019
Nov 2019
Dec 2019
Jan 2020
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Next day after Sunrise
Next day after Sunrise
Sun 2nd
Srila Prabhupada Book Distribution Festival Closing
Ceremony and Prize Distribution (in iskcon Bangalore)
Wed 5th
Ekadashi
Fasting till noon today in
addition to regular
Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after Sunrise
Thu 6th
Sri Varahadeva - Appearance
Fasting observed the
previous day till noon
Feb 2020
Fri 7th
Thu 13th
Nityananda Trayodashi:
Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Appearance
Fasting till noon
Fasting till noon
Wed 19th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Fri 6th
Ekadashi
Next day after Sunrise
Mon 9th
Sri Gaura Poornima: Appearance of Sri Chaitanya
Fasting till Moonrise
Mahaprabhu
Mar 2020