VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2015-2016 (Gourabda 529)

Month

Date
Fri 6th

Mar 2015

May 2015

Ekadashi

Sat 28th

Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramachandra

Tue 31st

Ekadashi

Jul 2015

---Next day after Sunrise

Fasting till Sunset
Next day after Sunrise
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Sun 12nd

Brahma Ratha

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Wed 15th

Brahmotsava celebrations end (in Bangalore) - Dhvaja

Avarohana

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Wed 15th

Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana

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Wed 15th

Ekadashi

Tue 21nd

Akshaya Tritiya

Wed 29th

Ekadashi

Thu 30th

Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha begins (in

Bangalore)

Sat 2nd

Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha ends (in

Bangalore)

Sun 3rd

Narasimha Chaturdashi:
Appearance of Lord Narasimhadeva

Wed 13th

Hanuman Jayanti (in Bangalore)

Thu 14th

Ekadashi

Thu 14th

End of Jala Dana

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

---Next day after Sunrise
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Fasting till dusk

---Next day after Sunrise
---Next day after Sunrise

Sun 31st

Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava

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Tue 2nd

Jagannatha Snana Yatra

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Fri 12th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Tue 16th

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Disappearance

Fasting till noon

Fri 26th

Sudarshana Jayanti in Iskcon Bangalore, VK hill

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Sun 28th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sun 12th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sat 18th

Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra

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Sun 26th

Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra

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Mon 27th

Ekadashi

Fri 31st

Aug 2015

Breaking Fast

Their Lordships' 18th Brahmotsava celebrations begin

(in Bangalore) - Dhvaja Arohana

Fri 29th

Jun 2015

Festival of Jagannath Misra

Tue 17th

Fri 3rd

Apr 2015

Event

First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from shak

(green leafy vegetables) for one month.

Mon 10th

Ekadashi

Wed19th

Garuda Panchami (in Bangalore)

Wed 26th

Ekadashi, Jhulan Yatra begins

Sat 29th

Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Balarama

Jhulan Yatra ends

Sat 29th

Second month of Chaturmasya begins.

Fasting from yogurt for one month.

Next day after Sunrise

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Next day after Sunrise

---Next day after Sunrise

Fasting till noon

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Sep 2015

Oct 2015

Sat 5th

Sri Krishna Janmashtami:

Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna

Fasting till midnight

Sun 6th

Sri Vyasa Puja:

Appearance of Srila Prabhupada

Fasting till noon

Tue 8th

Ekadashi

Mon 21st

Radhashtami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani

Thu 24th

Ekadashi

Fri 25th

Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva

Sat 26th

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance

Mon 28th

Third month of Chaturmasya begins.

Fasting from milk for one month.

Thu 8th

Ekadashi

Fri 23rd

Dusshera Festival (in Mysore)

Sat 24th

Mahadvadasi (Ekadashi Fasting)

Tue 27th

Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from

Urad dal for one month. KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS
DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS (in Bangalore)

Sat 7th

Ekadashi

Thu 12th

Govardhana Puja, Go Puja

Sun 15th

Srila Prabhupada - Disappearance

Sun 22nd

Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance

Ekadashi

Wed 25th

Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS

DEEPOTSAVA ENDS (in Bangalore)

Nov 2015

Mon 7th

Dec 2015

Jan 2016

Fasting till noon

Fasting till noon today for
Vamana Jayanti
Fasting observed the previous
day till noon
Fasting till noon
---Next day after Sunrise
---Next day after Sunrise

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Next day after Sunrise

---Fasting till noon
Fasting till noon today in addition
to regular Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after Sunrise
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Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Mon 21st

Sri Vaikuntha Ekadashi

Gita Jayanthi

Next day after Sunrise

Tue 29th

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Disappearance

Wed 6th

Ekadashi

Sat 9th

Sri Krishna Balarama's 32nd Annual Ratha Yatra in

Bangalore

Fasting till noon

Next day after Sunrise
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Wed 20th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 4th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sri Advaita Acharya - Appearance

Fasting till noon

Thu 18th

Ekadashi

Fasting till noon today for

Varahadev's appearance in
addition to regular Ekadashi
Fasting

Fri 19th

Sri Varahadeva - Appearance

Fasting observed the previous

day till noon

Sat 20th

Nityananda Trayodashi:
Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu

Fasting till noon

Sun 28th

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Appearance Fasting till noon

Sun 14th

Feb 2016

Mar 2016

Next day after Sunrise

Sat 5th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sat 19th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sri Gaura Poornima:

Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Fasting till Moonrise

Wed 23rd