VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2018-2019

VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2018-2019
(Gourabda 531 – 532)

Month

Date

Event

Breaking Fast

Mar 2018

Sat 3rd

Festival of Jagannath Misra

—-

Tue 13th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sun 25th

Sri Rama Navami

Fasting till Sunset

Tue 27th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

  Apr 2018

Thu 12th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sat 14th

Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana

Wed 18th

Akshaya Tritiya

—-

Thu 26th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 26th

Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada
Narasimha begins (in Bangalore)

—-

Sun 29th

Fasting till dusk

 May 2018

Fri 11th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Mon 14th

End of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana

Fri 25th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Jun 2018

Sun 10th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sat 23rd

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Mon 25th

Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava

Thu 28th

Jagannatha Snana Yatra

Jul 2018

Mon 9th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Fri 13th

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura –
Disappearance

Fasting till noon

Fri 13th

Founding Day (As per the Founding
Document: CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ISKCON)

Sat 14th

Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra

—-

Sun 22nd

Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra

—-

Mon 23rd

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Fri 27th

First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from Shak (green leafy vegetables) for one month

—-

Aug 2018

Wed 8th

Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)

Next day after Sunrise

Sun 13th

Jaladuta’s Voyage of Compassion begins

Tue 21st

Jhulan Yatra begins

Wed 22nd

Ekadashi

Next day after

Sun 26th

Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord
Balarama Jhulan Yatra ends
Second month of Chaturmasya begins.
Fasting from yogurt for one month.

Fasting till noon

Sep 2018

Sun 2nd

Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations

Mon 3rd

Fasting till midnight

Tue 4th

Nandotsava – Sri Vyasa Puja:
Appearance of Srila Prabhupada

Fasting till noon

Thu 6th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Mon 17th

Radhashtami:
Appearance of Srimati Radharani

Fasting till noon

Sep 2018

Tue 19th

Jaladuta’s Voyage of Compassion ends
(as per Jaladuta Diary )

Thu 20th

Ekadashi

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

Fri 21st

Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord
Vamanadeva

Fasting observed the previous day till

Sat 22nd

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura –
Appearance

Fasting till noon

Tue 25th

Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila
Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada sannyasa smriti) Third month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from milk for one month.

—-

Oct 2018

Fri 5th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Fri 19th

Dusshera Festival

—-

Sat 20th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Wed 24th

Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins.
Fasting from Urad dal for one month.
KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS
DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS

—-

Nov 2018

Sun 4th

Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 8th

Govardhana Puja, Go Puja

—-

Sun 11th

Srila Prabhupada – Disappearance

Fasting till noon

Mon 19th

Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji –
Disappearance

Fasting till noon today in addition to

Thu 23rd

Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS DEEPOTSAVA ENDS

—-

Fri 30th

Srila Prabhupada Diksha Diwasa

Mon 3rd

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Tue 18th

Vaikuntha Ekadashi (Check two month
before)

Wed 19th

Mahadvadasi: (Fasting for Ekadasi
vrata) Gita Jayanthi

Next day after Sunrise

Wed 26th

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura – Disappearance

Fasting till noon

Jan 2019

Wed 2nd

Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata)

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 17th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 31st

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Feb 2019

Tue 12th

Sri Advaita Acharya – Appearance

Fasting till noon

Sat 16th

Ekadashi

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

Sun 17th

Sri Varahadeva – Appearance

Fasting observed the previous day till noon

Mon 18th

Fasting till noon

Sun 24th

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
– Appearance

Fasting till noon

Mar 2019

Sat 2nd

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Sun 17th

Ekadashi

Next day after Sunrise

Thu 21st

Sri Gaura Poornima:
Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Fasting till Moonrise