MARCH 2017
7. (Tue) Gaura Dashami. Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama. Beginning
of annual seven day festival.
8. (Wed) Gaura Ekadashi. Amalaki Ekadashi. Fast. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yoga Pith (Sriman Mahaprabhu's
appearance place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha 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.
9. (Thu) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:56 and 9:50 a.m. Disappearance
of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudha Maya, Vriddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's Deity of
Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir,
Sri Koladwip, and other places.
10. (Fri) Gaura Trayodashi. Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and Madhyadwip, Sri Surabhi Kunj, Suvarna Bihar
Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.
11. (Sat) Gaura Chaturdashi. Adhivas observance ceremony of
the appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri
Ritudwip, 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.
12. (Sun) 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 531 Gaurabda.
VISHNU
13. (Mon) Krishna Pratipad. Sri Gaura Purnima paran between 5:53 and 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 532 Gaurabda.
17. (Fri) 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.
21. (Tue) Krishna Ashtami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
22. (Wed) Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.
24. (Fri) Krishna Ekadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast.
25. (Sat) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:41 and 9:42 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.
APRIL 2017
1. (Sat) Gaura Panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday
Bon Maharaj.
3. (Mon) Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
5. (Wed) Gaura Navami. Sri Rama Navami. Fast until noon. Appearance
at noon of Sri Ramachandra.
7. (Fri) Gaura Ekadashi. Kamada Ekadashi. Fast.
8. (Sat) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:27 and 9:34 a.m. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
11. (Tue) Purnima. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram.
Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur
and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.
MADHUSUDAN
16. (Sun) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
18. (Tue) Krishna Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram
Thakur.
21. (Fri) Krishna Dashami. Disappearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
22. (Sat) Krishna Ekadashi. Varuthini Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance
of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
23. (Sun) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:39 and 9:28 a.m.
26. (Wed) Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
27. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
28. (Fri) Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
29. (Sat) Gaura Tritiya. Beginning of 21 days Chandan Yatra of Sri
Sri Jagannathdev. Aksaya Tritiya: a good day to start some works.
MAY 2017
1. (Mon) Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sripad
Shankar Acharya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Gabhastinemi Maharaj.
2. (Tue) Gaura Saptami. Jahnu Saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri
Ganga Puja).
4. (Thu) Gaura Navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-shakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-shakti, Sri Sita Devi. Appearance of Srila Bhakti Sudhir Goswami Maharaj.
6. (Sat) Gaura Ekadashi. Mohini Ekadashi. Fast.
7. (Sun) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:05 and 9:24 a.m.
9. (Tue) Gaura Chaturdashi. Sri
Nrisimha Chaturdashi: appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast
until after sunset, then no
grains (anukalpa).
10. (Wed) Purnima. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi paran between 5:03 and 9:23 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
11. (Thu) Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti
Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
16. (Tue) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Ramananda Ray.
22. (Mon) Krishna Ekadashi. Apara Ekadashi. Fast.
23. (Tue) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 4:57 and 8:21 a.m. Appearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
26. (Fri) Gaura Pratipad. Sree
Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata: Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan Mohan Jiu's installation day festival.
29. (Mon) Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti
Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
JUNE 2017
4. (Sun) Gaura Dashami. Dashahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini.
Disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhushan Prabhu.
5. (Mon) Gaura Ekadashi. Nirjala
Ekadashi. Fast.
6. (Tue) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 4:56 and 9:23 a.m.
7. (Wed) Gaura Trayodashi. Grand
festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.
9. (Fri) Purnima. Snan Yatra
(bathing) of Sri Jagannathdev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta
and Srila Sridhar Pandit.
VAMAN
10. (Sat) Krishna Pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda
Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.
11. (Sun) Krishna Dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari
Bhakti Sampad Prabhu.
14. (Wed) Krishna Panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakreshvar
Pandit.
20. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Yogini Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance
of Sriyukta Rama Devi.
21. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 4:56 and 9:25 a.m.
24. (Sat) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit and Srila
Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Gundicha
Marjan: cleaning at the Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning of all
Temples of the Lord.
25. (Sun) Gaura Pratipad. Ratha Yatra
of Sri Jagannathdev, and the disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar
Goswami Prabhu.
26. (Mon) Gaura Tritiya. (Technically this is the disappearance tithi this year of Srila Svarup Damodar
Goswami Prabhu, however he disappeared on the Sri Ratha Yatra day, as described by Srila Gurudev Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj).
28. (Wed) Gaura Panchami. Hera Panchami.
Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay (observed the following day in Sri Puri Dham).
JULY 2017
1. (Sat) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance
of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.
3. (Mon) Gaura Dashami. Punar Yatra of Sri
Jagannathdev (Return car festival). Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. Disappearance of Sriyukta Krishnamayi
Devi.
4. (Tue) Gaura Ekadashi. Shayan Ekadashi. Fast.
5. (Wed) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 7:56 and 9:27 a.m.
9. (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). Appearance of Srila Bhakti Bimal Avadhut Maharaj.
SRIDHAR
11. (Tue) Krishna Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
14. (Fri) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal
Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.
17. (Mon) Krishna Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath
Goswami Prabhu.
19. (Wed) Krishna Ekadashi. No fast today (because of Dashami viddha at dawn).
20. (Thu) Krishna Dvadashi. Kamika Ekadashi. Fast.
21. (Fri) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:06 and 9:31 a.m.
23. (Sun) Amavasya. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
27. (Thu) Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamshi Das
Babaji Maharaj.
1. (Tue) Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti
Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.
3. (Thu) 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.
4. (Fri) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:12 and 9:33 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das
Pandit Goswami.
7. (Mon) Purnima. Appearance
of Sri Baladev. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of
Sri Sri Radha-Govinda.
HRISHIKESH
12. (Sat) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti
Vilas Tapasvi Maharaj.
15. (Tue) Krishna Ashtami. Sri Sri
Krishna Janmashtami. Complete fast until
midnight, then no grains.
16. (Wed) Krishna Navami. Sri Nandotsav. Sri Janmashtami
paran between 5:16 and 9:33 a.m. Appearance of Vishva-varenya
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.
18. (Fri) Krishna Ekadashi. Annada Ekadashi. Fast.
19. (Sat) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:17 and 6:06 a.m.
26. (Sat) Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the
consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.
28. (Mon) Gaura Saptami. Sri
Lalita Saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.
29. (Tue) Gaura Ashtami. Sri
Radhashtami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast
until noon.
SEPTEMBER 2017
2. (Sat) Gaura Ekadashi. Parshva Ekadashi. Fast.
3. (Sun) Gaura Dvadashi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadev. Paran between 5:22 and 9:32 a.m. after the worship of Sri Vamanadev. Appearance of
Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.
4. (Mon) Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance
of Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur.
5. (Tue) Gaura Chaturdashi. Disappearance
of Srila Haridas Thakur.
6. (Wed) Purnima. Vishvarup Mahotsav. End of month-long
festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
PADMANABHA
8. (Fri) Krishna Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
16. (Sat) Krishna Ekadashi. Indira Ekadashi. Fast.
17. (Sun) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:27 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
21. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
Acharya and Sevaite Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
23. (Sat) Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Sriyukta Radharani
Devi Chaudurani.
24. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Sripad Bhakti Dayita Damodar Maharaj.
30. (Sat) Gaura Dashami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra.
Appearance of Sri Madhva Acharya.
OCTOBER 2017
1. (Sun) Gaura Ekadashi. Pashankusha Ekadashi. Fast.
2. (Mon) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 6:26 and 9:28 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta
Goswami, and Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami.
5. (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 if
begun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
DAMODAR
8. (Sun) Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Srirup Puri Maharaj.
10. (Tue) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance
of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
11. (Wed) Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance
of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
13. (Fri) Krishna Ashtami. Bahulashtami. Manifestation day of
Sri Radha Kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.
14. (Sat) Krishna Navami. The
grand
123nd 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.
15. (Sun) Krishna Ekadashi. Rama Ekadashi. Fast.
16. (Mon) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 7:43 and 9:28 a.m. Festival in honour of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Sripat Panihati.
18. (Wed) Krishna Chaturdashi. Offering and placing of lamps (or
candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
19. (Thu) Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing of lamps (or
candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.
20. (Fri) 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).
21. (Sat) Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosh
Thakur. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri
Maharaj. Bhratri Dvitiya krityam (festival where brothers and sisters
honour each other).
23. (Mon) Gaura Chaturthi. Disappearance
festival of Vishva-varenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami
Maharaj Prabhupad.
24. (Tue) Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
28. (Sat) 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.
31. (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.
NOVEMBER
2017
1. (Wed) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:46 and 9:29 a.m.
3. (Fri) Gaura Chaturdashi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha
Goswami and Srila Kashishvar Pandit.
4. (Sat) 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
14. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Utpanna Ekadashi. Fast.
15. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:54 and 9:32 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishnadas. Disappearance of Sriyukta Dhananjay Das Prabhu.
16. (Thu) Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.
18. (Sat) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti
Ranjan.
24. (Fri) Gaura Shashthi. Oran Shashthi. Grand
festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Jiu at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
26. (Sun) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das
Babaji Maharaj.
27. (Mon) Gaura Navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
28. (Tue) Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Kusum Shraman Maharaj.
29. (Wed) Gaura Ekadashi. No fast today (because of Dashami viddha at dawn).
30. (Thu) Gaura Dvadashi. Moksada Ekadashi. Fast.
DECEMBER
2017
1. (Fri) Gaura Trayodashi. Paran between 6:05 and 9:39 a.m.
NARAYAN
5. (Tue) Krishna Dvitiya. The grand 89th appearance day
celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Sevaite-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti
Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
6. (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.
7. (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.
13. (Wed) Krishna Ekadashi. No fast (because of Dashami viddha at dawn). Disappearance of Srila
Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj.
14. (Thu) Krishna Dvadashi. Saphala Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of
Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Shrauti Maharaj.
15. (Fri) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 6:20 and 9:46 a.m.
16. (Sat) Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh
Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur.
19. (Tue) Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
21. (Thu) Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami
Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.
25. (Mon) Gaura Saptami. Christmas Day.
29. (Fri) Gaura Ekadashi. Putrada Ekadashi. Fast. Appearance
of Srila Jagadish Pandit.
30. (Sat) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 6:22 and 9:53 a.m.
JANUARY 2018
1. (Mon) Gaura Chaturdashi. New Year's Day.
2. (Tue) Purnima. Pushyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of
Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaisnava Maharaj.
MADHAVA
4. (Thu) Krishna Tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta
Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.
5. (Fri) Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu
Bhakti Chandan.
7. (Sun) Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami.
9. (Tue) Krishna Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
12. (Fri) Krishna Ekadashi. No fast today (because of Mahadvadashi).
13. (Sat) Krishna Dvadashi. Paksa-vardhini Mahadvadashi. Fast. Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.
14. (Sun) Krishna Trayodashi. Paran between 6:26 and 9:59 a.m.
15. (Mon) Krishna Chaturdashi. Remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.
18. (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada
Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.
19. (Fri) Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.
21. (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
22. (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.
24. (Wed) Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar,
Sri Advaita Acharya.
25. (Thu) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra
Krishna Prabhu.
26. (Fri) Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhva Acharya.
27. (Sat) Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila
Ramanuja Acharya.
28. (Sun) Gaura Dvadashi. Bhaimi Ekadashi (because the Ekadashi tithi on the previous day was viddha at sunrise). Fast. Varaha Dvadashi. Appearance of Lord Varaha.
29. (Mon) Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Paran between 6:24 and 10:01 am. Grand festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura
Nityananda Jiu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha,
Ekachakra Dham.
31. (Wed) Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
FEBRUARY
2018
GOVINDA
3. (Sat) Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.
5. (Mon) Krishna Panchami. The
145th
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. Disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur.
6. (Tue) Krishna Shashthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
11. (Sun) Krishna Ekadashi. Vijaya Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda Das Adhikari.
12. (Mon) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 6:17 and 10:00 a.m.
14. (Wed) Krishna Chaturdashi. Sri Sri Shivaratri (optional
fast). Disappearance of Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram.
15. (Thu) Amavasya. Paran between 6:15 and 9:59 a.m. for those who fasted. Anniversary
festival of the installation of Sri Sadashiva Gangadhar, Sri Govinda
Kunda, Nabadwip.
16. (Fri) Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava
Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev
Goswami, and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.
17. (Sat) Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj.
18. (Sun) Gaura Tritiya. Sri
Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Radha Ramanasundar Jiu installation anniversary
festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha,
Kaikhali, Kolkata.
19. (Mon) Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purushottam
Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas Das Adhikari Prabhu.
20. (Tue) Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini
Devi.
25. (Sun) Gaura Dashami. Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama. Beginning
of annual seven day festival.
26. (Mon) Gaura Ekadashi. Amalaki Ekadashi. Fast. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yoga Pith (Sriman Mahaprabhu's
appearance place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha 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.
27. (Tue) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 6:06 and 9:55 a.m. Disappearance
of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudha Maya, Vriddha Shiva, Sri Vishnu Priya's Deity of
Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir,
Sri Koladwip, and other places.
28. (Wed) Gaura Trayodashi. Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and Madhyadwip, Sri Surabhi Kunj, Suvarna Bihar
Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.
MARCH 2018
1. (Thu) Gaura Chaturdashi. Adhivas observance ceremony of
the appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri
Ritudwip, 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.
2. (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 532 Gaurabda.
VISHNU
3. (Sat) Krishna Pratipad. Sri Gaura Purnima paran between 6:03 and 9:54 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 533 Gaurabda.
6. (Tue) 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.
9. (Fri) Krishna Ashtami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
11. (Sun) Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj.
13. (Tue) Krishna Ekadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast.
14. (Wed) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 5:53 and 9:49 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.
22. (Thu) Gaura Panchami. Appearance
of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday
Bon Maharaj.
24. (Sat) Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.
25. (Sun) Gaura Ashtami. Sri Rama Navami. Fast until noon. Appearance
at noon of Sri Ramachandra.
27. (Tue) Gaura Ekadashi. Kamada Ekadashi. Fast.
28. (Wed) Gaura Dvadashi. Paran between 5:48 and 9:42 a.m. Festival in honour of the disappearance
of
Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-shata-sri
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
31. (Sat) Purnima. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram.
Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur
and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.
APRIL 2018
MADHUSUDAN
5. (Thu) Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
7. (Sat) Krishna Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram
Thakur.
10. (Tue) Krishna Dashami. Disappearance
of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
