Vaisnava Calendar 2024-2025 (Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Narashingha Palli)

Vaisnava Calendar 2024-2025

MARCH 2024

(VISHNU)

26 March (Tue). Krishna Pratipad. Sri Gaura Purnima paran before 9:43 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 538 Gaurabda.

30 March (Sat). 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.

APRIL 2024

2 April (Tue). Krishna Ashtami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

3 April (Wed). Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.

5 April (Fri). Krishna Ekadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast.

6 April (Sat). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 7:23 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.

13 April (Sat). Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.

15 April (Mon). Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.

17 April (Wed). Gaura Navami. Sri Rama Navami. Fast until noon. Appearance at noon of Sri Ramachandra.

19 April (Fri). Gaura Ekadashi. Kamada Ekadashi. Fast.

20 April (Szt). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 9:30 a.m. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

23 April (Tue). Purnima. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram. Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.

MADHUSUDAN

29 April (Mon). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.

30 April (Tue). Krishna Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.

May 2024

3 May (Fri). Krishna Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.

4 May (Sat). Krishna Ekadashi. Varuthini Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.

5 May (Sun). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 9:25 a.m.

7 May (Tue) Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Goswami Maharaj.

8 May (Wed). Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.

9 May (Thu). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

10 May (Fri). Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

11 May (Sat). Gaura Tritiya. Beginning of 21 days Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Aksaya Tritiya: a good day to start some works.

12 May (Sun). Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Shankar Acharya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.

15 May (Wed). Gaura Saptami. Jahnu Saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga Puja).

17 May (Fri). Gaura Navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-shakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-shakti, Sri Sita Devi.

19 May (Sun). Gaura Ekadashi. Fasting for Mohini Ekadashi.

20 May (Mon). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 9:22 a.m.

22 May (Thu). Gaura Chaturdashi. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi: appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa). Grand annual festival in honour of the Deity installation at Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple.

23 May (Fri). Purnima. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi paran before 9:22 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.

TRIVIKRAM

24 May (Fri). Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

28 May (Tue). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.

JUNE 2024

1 June (Sat). Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Santosh Krishna Das Adhikari Prabhu.

2 June (Sun). Krishna Ekadashi. No Fast today.

3 June (Mon). Krishna Dvadashi. Fasting for Apara Ekadashi. Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.

4 June (Tue). Krishna Trayodashi. Paran before 9:22 a.m.

7 June (Fri). Gaura Pratipad. Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata: Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan Mohan Jiu's installation day festival.

10 June (Mon). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).

16 June (Sun). Gaura Dashami. Dashahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhushan Prabhu.

17 June (Mon). Gaura Ekadashi.No fasting today.

18 June (Tue). Gaura Dvadashi. Banjuli Mahadwadashi fasting.

19 June (Wed). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 5:52 a.m.

20 June (Thu). Gaura Trayodashi. Grand festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.

22 June (Sat). Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing). of Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.

VAMAN

23 June (Sun). Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.

24 June (Mon). Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti Sampad Prabhu.

25 June (Tue). Krishna Chaturthi. Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Acharya and Sevaite Ananta-sri-vibhusita Om Visnupad Paramahamsa-kula-chudamani Visva-varenya Sri Srimad Bhakti Niskama Shanta Maharaj.

26 June (Wed). Krishna Panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakreshvar Pandit.

JULY 2024

2 July (Tue). Krishna Ekadashi. Yogini Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi.

3 July (Wed). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 7:03 a.m. Auspicious Departure for Jagannath Puri Parikrama from Nabadwipa Dham. Parikrama of Kshira-Chora Gopinath in the evening.

4 July (Thu). Krishna Trayodashi. Parikrama of Sakshi Gopal, Sri Lingaraja, and Nil Madhav, arrival at Puri Dham.

5 July (Fri). Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Parikrama of Puri Mahasagar Tirtha (Mahatirtha), Haridas Thakur Samadhi, Giridhari Math, Chatak Parvat, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Bhajan Kutir and Tota Gopinath Parikrama.

6 July (Sat). Gaura Pratipad. Siddha-Bakul, Gambhira, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya home, Gangamata Goswamini Math, Svetaganga, Paramananda Kupa, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura appearance place, Narendra Sarovar, Gundicha Marjan: cleaning at the Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, cleaning of Nrisingha Mandir and Indradyumna Srovar Parikrama.

7 July (Sun). Gaura Dvitiya. Ratha Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila Svarupa Damodar Goswami Prabhu.

8 July (Mon). Gaura Tritiya. Darshan of Alalanath and return to Sri Nabadwipa Dham.

11 July (Thu). Gaura Panchami. Hera Panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay (observed the following day in Sri Puri Dham).

14 July (Sun). Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.

16 July (Tue). Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. Disappearance of Sriyukta Krishnamayi Devi.

17 July (Wed). Gaura Ekadashi. Shayan Ekadashi. Fast. Punar Yatra of Sri Jagannathdev (Return car festival).

18 July (Thu). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 9:31 a.m.

21 July (Sun). 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).

SRIDHAR

23 July (Tue). Krishna Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.

26 July (Fri). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

28 July (Mon). Krishna Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu.

31 July (Thu). Krishna Ekadashi. Kamika Ekadashi. Fast.

AUGUST 2024

1 August (Thu). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 9:33 a.m.

4 August (Sun). Amavasya. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

7 August (Wed). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamshi Das Babaji Maharaj and Srila Ragunandana Thakura.

10 August (Sat). Gaura Shashthi.

11 August (Sun). Gaura Saptami. Disappearance of Sripad Ananga Mohan Das Adhikari.

14 August (Wed). Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.

16 August (Fri). 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.

17 August (Sat). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran betfore 5:19 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das Pandit Goswami.

19 August (Mon). Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladev. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda.

HRISHIKESH

24 August (Sat). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Vilas Tapasvi Maharaj.

27 August (Tue). Krishna Ashtami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmashtami. Complete fast until midnight, then no grains.

28 August (Wed). Krishna Navami. Sri Nandotsav. Sri Janmashtami paran before 9:33 a.m. Appearance of Vishva-varenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

29 August (Thus). Krishna Ekadashi. No Fast.

30 August (Fri). Krishna Dvadashi. Fasting for Paksha-Vardhini Maha Dwadashi Vrata.

31 August (Sat). Krishna Trayodashi. Paran before 9:32 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 2024

8 September (Sun). Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.

9 September (Mon). Gaura Sasthi. Sri Lalita Saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.

11 September (Wed). Gaura Ashtami. Sri Radhashtami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast until noon.

14 September (Sat). Gaura Ekadashi. No Fast today.

15 September (Sun). Gaura Dvadashi. Fasting for Vijaya Mahadwashi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadev. Appearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.

16 September (Mon). Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Paran of Mahadwadashi before 9:30 a.m.

17 September (Tue). Gaura Chaturdashi. Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur.

18 September (Wed). Purnima. Vishvarup Mahotsav. End of month-long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

PADMANABHA

20 September (Fri). Krishna Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.

28 September (Sat). Krishna Ekadashi. Indira Ekadashi. Fast.

29 September (Sun). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 9:29 a.m.

OCTOBER 2024

3 October (Thu). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Acharya and Sevaite Ananta-sri-vibhusita Om Visnupad Paramahamsa-kula-chudamani Visva-varenya Sri Srimad Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

5 October (Sat). Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Sriyukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.

6 October (Sun). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Dayita Damodar Maharaj.

13 October (Sun). Gaura Dashami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhva Acharya. Disappearance of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Svarupa Damodar Goswami Maharaj.

14 October (Mon). Gaura Ekadashi. Papankusha Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, and Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.

15 October (Tue). Gaura Trayodashi. Paran before 9:28 a.m.

17 October (Thu). Purnima. Sharadiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja Vrata, Damodar Vrata, Kartik Vrata and Niyam-seva Vrata.

DAMODAR

20 October (Sun). Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Puri Maharaj.

22 October (Tue). Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.

23 October (Wed). Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

25 October (Fri). Krishna Ashtami. Bahulashtami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha Kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

26 October (Sat). Krishna Navami. The grand 126th 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.

28 October (Mon). Krishna Ekadashi. Sri Rama Ekadashi. Fast.

29 October (Tue). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 9:31 a.m. Festival in honour of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat Panihati.

NOVEMBER 2024

1 November (Fri). Amavasya. Offering and placing of lamps (or candles). on Vishnu Mandirs.

2 November (Sat). 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). Bali Daitya Raja Puja.

3 November (Sun). Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila Basudev Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Maharaj. Bhratri Dvitiya krityam (festival where brothers and sisters honour each other).

5 November (Tue). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance festival of Vishva-varenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

6 November (Wed). Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

9 November (San). 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.

12 November (Tue). 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. Sri Harir Uttha13

13 November (Wed). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 9:32 a.m.

14 November (Thu). Gaura Chaturdashi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami and Srila Kashishvar Pandit.

15 November (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).

KESHAVA

26 November (Tue). Krishna Ekadashi. Fasting for Utpanna Ekadashi. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishnadas. Disappearance of Sriyukta Dhananjay Das Prabhu.

27 November (Wed). Krishna Dwadashi. Paran before 10:28 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.

DECEMBER 2024

1 December (Sun). Amavasya. Disappearance of Sri Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

7 December (Sat). Gaura Shasthi. Oran Shashthi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Jiu at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Appearance and Vyasapuja mahotsava of Srila Bhakti Svarupa Damodar Goswami Maharaja.

8 December (Sun). Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.

9 December (Mon). Gaura Navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.

11 December (Wed). Gaura Ekadashi. Moksada Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Shraman Maharaj.

12 December (Thu). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 9:45 p.m.

NARAYAN

17 December (Tue). Krishna Dvitiya. The grand 96nd appearance day celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Sevaite-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. New Year's Day.

18 December (Wed). Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at the appearance place of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth Pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat.

19 December (Thu). 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.

26 December (Thu). Krishna Ekadashi. Saphala Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj. Grand Appearance and Vyasapuja Mahamahotsava of Srila Bhakti Madhava Puri Goswami Maharaja.

27 December (Fri). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 9:53 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Shrauti Maharaj.

28 December (Sat). Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur.

31 January (Tue). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.

JANUARY 2024

2 January (Sun). Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.

10 January (Fri). Gaura Ekadashi. Putrada Ekadashi. Fast. Appearance of Srila Jagadish Pandit.

11 January (Sat). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 7:44 a.m.

13 January (Mon). Purnima. Pushyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaisnava Maharaj.

MADHAVA

14 January (Tue). Krishna Pratipad. Remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu accepting Sannyas.

17 January (Fri). Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti Chandan.

18 January (Sat). Krishna Panchami. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.

20 January (Mon). Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami.

22 January (Wed). Krishna Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.

25 January (Sat). Krishna Ekadashi. Shat-tila Ekadashi. Fast.

26 January (Sun). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 10:02 a.m.

30 January (Thu). Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.

31 January (Fri). Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.

FEBRUARY 2024

3 February (Mon). 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.

5 February (Wed). Gaura Astami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharya. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.

6 February (Thu). Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhva Acharya.

7 February (Fri). Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.

8 February (Sat). Gaura Ekadashi. Bhaimi Ekadashi. Fast.

9 February (Sun). Gaura Dvadashi. Varaha Dvadashi. Paran before 10:01 a.m. after the worship of Sri Varahadev. Appearance of Lord Varaha.

10 February (Mon). Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Grand festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Jiu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham.

12 February (Wed). Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.

GOVINDA

15 February (Sat). Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.

17 February (Mon). Krishna Panchami. The 152th 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 (today because the Panchami tithi on the previous day was viddha at sunrise). Disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

21 February (Fri). Krishna Astami. A three-day grand festival in honour of the installation of Sri Sri Guru Gaura-Nityananda Prabhu and Sri Sri Gandharva Govindasundar jiu in Sri Ganga-Sagar.

24 February (Mon). Krishna Ekadashi. Vijaya Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda Das Adhikari.

25 February (Tue). Krishna Dvadashi. Paran before 9:57 a.m.

27 February (Thu). Krishna Chaturdashi. Sri Sri Shivaratri (optional fast). Disappearance of Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram.

28 February (Fri). Amavasya. Anniversary festival of the installation of Sri Sadasiva Gangadhar, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip, Deities at the temple in Tarakeshwar, and the inauguration of the temple of Lord Siva in Kadigachha.

MARCH 2024

1 March (Sat). Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami, and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.

2 March (Sun). Gaura Tritiya. Appearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur. Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radha Ramanasundar Jiu installation anniversary festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Kaikhali, Kolkata.

3 March (Mon). Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas Das Adhikari Prabhu.

4 March (Tue). Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini Devi.

8 March (Sat). Gaura Navami.

9 March (Sun). Gaura Dashami. Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of annual six day festival.

10 March (Mon). Gaura Ekadashi. Fasting for Amalaki Ekadashi Vrata. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yoga Pith (Sriman Mahaprabhu's appearance place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisingha 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.

11 March (Tue). Gaura Dvadashi. Paran before 09:31 a.m. Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and Madhyadwip, Sri Surabhi Kunja, Svananda Sukhada Kunja, Suvarna Bihar Math, Sri Nrisingha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, Hansa Bahan and other places. Disappearance of Sripad Madhavendra Puri.

12 March (Wed). Gaura Trayodashi. Parikrama of Praudha Maya, Vriddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's Deity of Sri Gauranga, Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir, Sri Koladwip, and other places.

13 March (Thu). Gaura Chaturdashi. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri Simantadwip and Sri Rudradwip, 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. Adhivas observance ceremony of the appearance of Sri Gauranga.

14 March (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 538 Gaurabda.

VISHNU

15 March (Sun). Krishna Pratipad. Sri Gaura Purnima paran before 9:48 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 539 Gaurabda.

19 March (Wed). 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.

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