All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga

Gaudiya Festival Dates

2001 to 2002
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The next "Gaudiya Festival Dates" is now available: 2002 to 2003.

Dates and times calculated for Calcutta, India, as referred to at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nabadwip Dham.

This calendar is based on the translation of the Bengali Vaisnava Calendar, "Sri Gaudiya Parvva Talika," compiled by Sriyukta Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, M.Sc., B.T., Jyotibhushan, Headmaster.

Translated to English by Sripad Bhakti Nirmal Acharyya Maharaj.

MARCH 2001

9. (Fri) 29 Govinda. Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana.

VISHNU

10. (Sat) 1 Vishnu. Krishna-pratipada. Paran by 9:49 a.m. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.

14. (Wed) 5 Vishnu. Krishna-panchami. Festival at 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 Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.

17. (Sat) 8 Vishnu. Krishna-astami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

20. (Tue) 11 Vishnu. Krishna-ekadasi. No fast.

21. (Wed) 12 Vishnu. Krishna-dvadasi. Maha-dvadasi. Fast. Festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra Bhattacharyya.

22. (Thur) 13 Vishnu. Paran by 9:43 a.m.

30. (Fri) 21 Vishnu. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharyya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Maharaj.

31. (Sat) 22 Vishnu. Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.

APRIL 2001

2. (Mon) 24 Vishnu. Gaura-navami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast until noon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon.

3. (Tue) 25 Vishnu. Paran by 9.37 a.m. for those who fasted the full day.

4. (Wed) 26 Vishnu. Gaura-ekadasi. Fast.

5. (Thur) 27 Vishnu. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:33 a.m.

8. (Sun) 30 Vishnu. Purnima (full-moon). Rasayatra of Sri Balarama. Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila Vamsivadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.

MADHUSUDAN

13. (Fri) 5 Madhusudan. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna das Babaji Maharaj.

15. (Sun) 7 Madhusudan. Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.

18. (Wed) 10 Madhusudan. Krishna-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

19. (Thur) 11 Madhusudan. Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast. Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu's disappearance.

20. (Fri) 12 Madhusudan. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:28 a.m.

23. (Mon) 15 Madhusudan. Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit.

24. (Tue) 16 Madhusudan. Gaura-pratipada. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

25. (Wed) 17 Madhusudan. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

26. (Thur) 18 Madhusudan. Beginning of 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya good day to start some works.

28. (Sat) 20 Madhusudan. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharyya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.

30. (Mon) 22 Madhusudan. Gaura-saptami. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja.

MAY 2001

2. (Wed) 24 Madhusudan. Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, also of Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.

3. (Thur) 25 Madhusudan. Gaura-ekadasi. No fast.

4. (Fri) 26 Madhusudan. Gaura-dvadasi. Maha-dvadasi, fasting of Mohini-ekadasi. Rukmini Dvadasi Vrata.

5. (Sat) 27 Madhusudan. Gaura-trayodasi. Paran by 9:23 a.m.

6. (Sun) 28 Madhusudan. Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrisimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).

7. (Mon) 29 Madhusudan. Purnima. Paran by 9:23 a.m. Sri Krishna's Phul-dola and Salil Bihar. Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari das Thakur. Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharyya. Buddha Purnima: appearance day of Lord Buddha.

TRIVIKRAM

8. (Tue) 1 Trivikram. Krishna-pratipada. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

12. (Sat) 5 Trivikram. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya.

19. (Sat) 12 Trivikram. Krishna-ekadasi. Apara Ekadasi. Fast.

20. (Sun) 13 Trivikram. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 8:57 a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.

24. (Thur) 17 Trivikram. Gaura-pratipada. Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installation day festival.

26. (Sat) 19 Trivikram. Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).

JUNE 2001

1. (Fri) 25 Trivikram. Gaura-dasami. Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu.

2. (Sat) 26 Trivikram. Gaura-ekadasi. Fast of Nirjala-ekadasi (without water).

3. (Sun) 27 Trivikram. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 8:30 a.m.

4. (Mon) 28 Trivikram. Gaura-trayodasi. Mahotsav of Srila Raghunath das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.

6. (Wed) 30 Trivikram. Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.

VAMAN

7. (Thur) 1 Vaman. Krishna-pratipada. Disappearance of Srila Syamananda Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Rsabhdev Das Adhikari.

8. (Fri) 2 Vaman. Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-sampad.

11. (Mon) 5 Vaman. Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit.

17. (Sun) 11 Vaman. Krishna-ekadasi. Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.

18. (Mon) 12 Vaman. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:23 a.m. Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi.

21. (Thur) 15 Vaman. Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

22. (Fri) 16 Vaman. Gundicha Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham.

23. (Sat) 17 Vaman. Rathayatra of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Swarupa Damodara Goswami Prabhu.

26. (Tue) 20 Vaman. Gaura-panchami. Hera-panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay at Sri Puri Dham.

28. (Thur) 22 Vaman. Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari.

30. (Sat) 24 Vaman.Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.

JULY 2001

1. (Sun) 25 Vaman. Gaura-ekadasi. Sayan Ekadasi. Fast. Purna Yatra of Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival).

2. (Mon) 26 Vaman. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:26 a.m.

5. (Thur) 29 Vaman. Purnima. Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on Purnimaas followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math). Partial eclipse of the moon between 7:05 p.m. to 9.45 p.m.

SRIDHAR

7. (Sat) 2 Sridhar. Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.

10. (Tue) 5 Sridhar. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

14. (Sat) 9 Sridhar. Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu.

17. (Tue) 12 Sridhar. Krishna-ekadasi. Kamika Ekadasi. Fast.

18. (Wed) 13 Sridhar. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 6:57 a.m.

20. (Fri) 15 Sridhar. Amavasya. Disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

24. (Tue) 19 Sridhar. Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamsi das Babaji Maharaj.

27. (Fri) 22 Sridhar. Sripad Ananga Mohan Das Adhikari disappearance day.

29. (Sun) 24 Sridhar. Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.

31. (Tue) 26 Sridhar. Gaura-ekadasi. Pavitraropani Ekadasi. 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.

AUGUST 2001

1. (Wed) 27 Sridhar. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 6:19 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami.

4. (Sat) 30 Sridhar. Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

HRISHIKESH

12. (Sun) 8 Hrishikesh. Krishna-astami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmastami. Complete fast until midnight (then no grains).

13. (Mon) 9 Hrishikesh. Krishna-navami. Sri Nandotsava. Sri Janmastami paran before 9:32 a.m. Appearance of Visvavarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

15. (Wed) 11 Hrishikesh. Krishna-ekadasi. Annada Ekadasi Fast.

16. (Thur) 12 Hrishikesh. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran before 9:32 a.m.

23. (Thur) 19 Hrishikesh. Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the Consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.

25. (Sat) 21 Hrishikesh. Gaura-saptami. Sri Lalita-saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi.

26. (Sun) 22 Hrishikesh. Gaura-astami. Sri Radhastami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast until noon.

29. (Wed) 25 Hrishikesh. Gaura-ekadasi. Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.

30. (Thur) 26 Hrishikesh. Gaura-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva. Appearance of Sri Jiva Goswami Prabhu. Paran by 9:31 a.m.

31. (Fri) 27 Hrishikesh. Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

SEPTEMBER 2001

1. (Sat) 28 Hrishikesh. Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur.

2. (Sun) 29 Hrishikesh. Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava. End of month long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

PADMANABHA

4. (Tue) 2 Padmanabha. Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.

13. (Thur) 11 Padmanabha. Krishna-ekadasi. No fast.

14. (Fri) 12 Padmanabha. Krishna-dvadasi. Fast for Indira Ekadasi.

15. (Sat) 13 Padmanabha. Paran by 9:29 a.m.

PURUSOTTAMA

28. (Fri) 11 Purusottama. Ekadasi. Fast.

29. (Sat) 12 Purusottama. Paran by 9:27 a.m.

OCTOBER 2001

13. (Sat) 26 Purusottama. Ekadasi. Fast.

14. (Sun) 27 Purusottama. Paran by 8:04 a.m.

PADMANABHA

19. (Fri) 17 Padmanabha. Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Sri Yukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani.

20. (Sat) 18 Padmanabha. Gaura-chaturthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj.

26. (Fri) 24 Padmanabha. Gaura-dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhavacharyya.

27. (Sat) 25 Padmanabha. Gaura-ekadasi. No fast.

28. (Sun) 26 Padmanabha. Gaura-dvadasi. Bayanjali Maha-dvadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami.

29. (Mon) 27 Padmanabha. Paran by 6:43 a.m.

NOVEMBER 2001

1. (Thur) 30 Padmanabha. Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata, Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata if begun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

DAMODAR

4. (Sun) 3 Damodar. Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj.

6. (Tue) 5 Damodar. Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur.

7. (Wed) 6 Damodar. Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.

8. (Thur) 7 Damodar. Krishna-astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha-kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

9. (Fri) 8 Damodar. Krishna-navami. Grand 107th Appearance festival of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan das Babaji Maharaj.

11. (Sun) 10 Damodar. Krishna-ekadasi. Rama Ekadasi. Fast.

12. (Mon) 11 Damodar. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:30 a.m. Subha Vijay festival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Sripat Panihati.

14. (Wed) 13 Damodar. Krishna-chaturdasi. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

15. (Thur) 14 Damodar. Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs.

16. (Fri) 15 Damodar. Gaura-pratipada. Go-puja (cow-worship) and Go-krida (the pleasure of the cows). Sri Govardhan-puja. Annakut Mahotsava: Grand festival at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram (in Sri Govardhan) and in other Maths. Balidaityaraj-puja.

17. (Sat) 16 Damodar. 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).

19. (Mon) 18 Damodar. Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance festival of Visvarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.

20. (Tue) 19 Damodar. Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.

23. (Fri) 22 Damodar. Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sri Gadadhara das Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit and Srila Srinivas Acharyya Prabhu. Sri Gopastami, Sri Gosthastami, Go-puja and Go-gras dan.

26. (Mon) 25 Damodar. Gaura-ekadasi. Sri Utthana Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Sri Srila Gaura Kisora das Babaji Maharaj. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj. Sri Bhisma-Panchaka.

27. (Tue) 26 Damodar. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:36 a.m.

29. (Thur) 28 Damodar. Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami, Srila Kasisvar Pandit and Sripad Bhakti Pramod Puri Goswami Maharaj.

30. (Fri) 29 Damodar. Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur. Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya and Niyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima day (as in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).

DECEMBER 2001

KESHAVA

11. (Tue) 11 Keshava. Krishna-ekadasi, then after 6:40 a.m. is Maha-dvadasi. Fast.

12. (Wed) 12 Keshava. Krishna-trayodasi. Paran by 9:43 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishna Das.

14. (Fri) 14 Keshava. Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

21. (Fri) 21 Keshava. Gaura-sasthi and Oran-sasthi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Deities at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

23. (Sun) 23 Keshava. Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan das Babaji Maharaj.

24. (Mon) 24 Keshava. Gaura-navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.

25. (Tue) 25 Keshava. Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.

26. (Wed) 26 Keshava. Gaura-ekadasi. Moksa Ekadasi. Fast.

27. (Thur) 27 Keshava. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:51 a.m.

30. (Sun) 30 Keshava. Purnima. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaj.

JANUARY 2002

NARAYAN

1. (Tue) 2 Narayan. Krishna-dvitiya. The grand celebration of the Seventy Second Anniversary of the Divine Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Acharyya and Sevaite Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

2. (Wed) 3 Narayan. Krishna-tritiya. Appearance place of Srila B.S.Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadanghat festivals.

3. (Thur) 4 Narayan. Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance festival of the founder of the worldwide Sri Chaitanya Maths and Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.

9. (Wed) 10 Narayan. Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj.

10. (Thur) 11 Narayan. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:57 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudeva Srauti Maharaj.

11. (Fri) 12 Narayan. Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan das Thakur.

14. (Mon) 15 Narayan. Gaura-pratipada. Appearance of Srila Lochan das Thakur.

15. (Tue) 16 Narayan. Festival in rememberance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.

16. (Wed) 17 Narayan. Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.

25. (Fri) 26 Narayan. Gaura-ekadasi. Putrada Ekadasi. Fast.

26. (Sat) 27 Narayan. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 9:02 a.m.

28. (Mon) 29 Narayan. Purnima. Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna.

MADHAVA

31. (Thur) 3 Madhava. Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.

FEBRUARY 2002

1. (Fri) 4 Madhava. Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of Spd Jadavendu Bhakti Chandan.

3. (Sun) 6 Madhava. Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadeva Goswami Prabhu.

5. (Tue) 8 Madhava. Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan das Thakur.

8. (Fri) 11 Madhava. Krishna-ekadasi. Sat-tila Ekadasi. Fast.

9. (Sat) 12 Madhava. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran by 9:04 a.m.

13. (Wed) 16 Madhava. Gaura-pratipada. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri das Adhikari.

14. (Thur) 17 Madhava. Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.

17. (Sun) 20 Madhava. Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Sri Saraswati Puja. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath das Goswami, and Srila Raghunandana Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Swarupa Parvat Maharaj.

19. (Tue) 22 Madhava. Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharyya.

20. (Wed) 23 Madhava. Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.

21. (Thur) 24 Madhava. Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharyya.

22. (Fri) 25 Madhava. Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanujacharyya.

23. (Sat) 26 Madhava. Gaura-ekadasi. Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast.

24. (Sun) 27 Madhava. Varaha-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Varahadev. Paran after the worship of Sri Varahadev and before 9:56 a.m.

25. (Mon) 28 Madhava. Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.

27. (Wed) 30 Madhava. Purnima. Appearance of Srila Narottama das Thakur. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsava.

MARCH 2002

GOVINDA

4. (Mon) 5 Govinda. Krishna-sasthi. The festival of the Divine Appearance of the founder of the worldwide Sri Chaitanya Math and Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.

9. (Sat) 10 Govinda. Krishna-ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda das Adhikari.

10. (Sun) 11 Govinda. Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:33 a.m. and 9:50 a.m.

12. (Tue) 13 Govinda. Krishna-chaturdasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. (Optional fast.)

13. (Wed) 14 Govinda. Amavasya. Paran by 9:56 a.m. for those who fasted.

15. (Fri) 16 Govinda. Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaj.

17. (Sun) 18 Govinda. Gaura-tritya. Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Ramanasundarjiu installation festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Kaikhali, Calcutta.

18. (Mon) 19 Govinda. Gaura-chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purusottama Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas Dasadhikari Prabhu.

23. (Sat) 24 Govinda. Gaura-navami. Adhivas Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of annual seven day festival.

24. (Sun) 25 Govinda. Gaura-dasami. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yogapitha (Sriman Mahaprabhu's Appearance Place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir, Sri Advaita Bhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Acharyya Chatustya Samanita, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari and Sri Mahaprabhu Mandir, Srila Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishora das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Prabriti, Sri Kazi Samadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath Mandir, Sridhar Angan and Sri Simantadvip, Sri Rudradvip, Sri Antadvip.

25. (Mon) 26 Govinda. Gaura-ekadasi. Amlaki Ekadasi. Fast. Parikrama of Prodamaya Briddha Shiv, Sri Vishnupriya's own Deity of Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir, Koladvip, etc.

26. (Tue) 27 Govinda. Gaura-dvadasi. Paran by 7:34 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Sri Godruma and Madhyadvip, Sri Surabhikunj, Suvarna Bihar Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.

27. (Wed) 28 Govinda. Gaura-chaturdasi. Adhivas observance ceremony of the Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladvip, Sri Ritudvip, Sri Jahnudvip, Sri Modadrumadvip, etc., Old Sri Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidyanagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sri Vrindavan das Thakur's Appearance Place, and the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari and Vasudeva Datta Thakur.

28. (Thur) 29 Govinda. Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana.

VISHNU

29. (Fri) 1 Vishnu. Krishna-pratipada. Paran by 9:40 a.m. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.

APRIL 2002

2. (Tue) 5 Vishnu. Krishna-panchami. Festival at 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 Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram.

Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Santa Maharaj.

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