SPIRITUAL CALENDAR 20112012

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2011
MARCH
2 4 16 17 19 20 30 31 Pradosha Puja; Sri Maha Sivaratri Amavasya Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima; Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti Holi Ekadasi Pradosha Puja

28 30

Pradosha Puja Amavasya

JULY
1 11 12 14 15 17 24 26 28 30 Amavasya Ekadasi (Hari Sayani) Pradosha Puja; Sri Vamana Puja; Chaturmasya Vrata begins Purnima Sri Guru Purnima; Sri Vyasa Puja; Sri Guru Puja Dakshinayana Begins (02.01 p.m.) 48th Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Amavasya

6 7 9 11 12 23 24 25 26 27

Vijaya Dasami Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima; Rasa Lila Purnima Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Naraka Chaturdasi Amavasya; Dipavali Sri Govardhan Puja; Sri Go Puja; Sri Bali Puja

19 20 22/23 28 30 31

Uttarayana Punyakala (06.42 p.m.) Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Amavasya Vasanta Panchami Ratha Saptami Bhishma Ashtami

FEBRUARY
1 3 5 7 17 19 20 21 Madhva Vavami Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Sri Maha Sivaratri Amavasya

NOVEMBER
Sri Skanda Shashthi Gopashtami; 10th Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj 6 Ekadasi (Prabodhini) 7 Sri Tulasi Puja; Uttahana Dwadasi; Chaturmasya Vrata ends 8 Pradosha Puja 9 Vaikuntha Chaturdasi 10 Purnima; Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti 21 Ekadasi 22 Pradosha Puja; Punyatithi of Sri Jnaneswarji Maharaj 24/25 Amavasya 1 3

APRIL
3 4 12 14 15 16 17 18 28 30 Amavasya Ugadi; Lunar New Years day; Vasanta Navaratri begins Sri Rama Navami; Sri Samartha Ramadas Jayanti Ekadasi; Mesha Sankranti (02.33 p.m.) Pradosha Puja Vardhamana Mahavir Jayanti Purnima Chaitra Purnima; Sri Hanuman Jayanti Ekadasi Pradosha Puja

AUGUST
4 9 11 13 21 25 26 27 28 29 31 Sri Naga Panchami; Sri Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima; Upakarma; Raksha Bandhan Sri Krishna Jayanti Ekadasi Pradosha Puja 3rd Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj Amavasya Somavati Amavasya Sri Varaha Jayanti

MARCH
4 5 7 8 9 18 19 22 Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima Purnima; Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti Holi Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Amavasya

MAY
2/3 5 6 8 9 13 15 16 17 28 30 Amavasya Sri Parasurama Jayanti Akshaya Tritiya Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti Sri Ganga Saptami; Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima; Sri Narasimha Jayanti Purnima; Sri Buddha Jayanti; Sri Kurma Jayanti Ekadasi Pradosha Puja

DECEMBER
3 6 7 10 20 22 24 25 31 68th Anniversary of Akhanda Mahamantra Sankirtana Yajna in Sivananda Ashram Ekadasi; Sri Bhagavad Gita Jayanti Pradosha Puja Purnima; Sri Dattatreya Jayanti; Lunar Eclipse (06.15 p.m. to 09.48 p.m.) Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Christmas Eve; Amavasya Christmas Day 68th Anniversary of Pratishtha Mahotsava of Sri Viswanatha Mandir in Sivananda Ashram 1. 8th of every month is observed as the birth-date of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. 2. All souls day on Amavasyas. 3. Sri Veda Bhagawan Puja on every Purnima and Amavasya evening. 4. Sri Satyanarayan Puja on every Purnima evening. 5. Sri Mahamrityunjaya Havan on Pradosha Puja day. 6. Sri Suryanarayana Puja on Sundays. 7. Sri Siva Puja on Mondays. 8. Sri Skanda Puja on Tuesdays. 9. Sri Vishnu Puja on Wednesdays. 10. Sri Guru Puja on Thursdays. 11. Special Ganga Puja and Lakshmi Puja on Fridays. 12. Sri Hanuman Puja on Saturdays.

SEPTEMBER
1 2 5 8 9 11 12 23 25 27 28 Sri Ganesha Chaturthi Rishi Panchami Radha Ashtami Ekadasi; 124th Birth Anniversary of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj Pradosha Puja; Sri Vamana Jayanti Purnima; Ananta Chaturdasi Purnima; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) begins Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Amavasya; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) ends Navaratri Puja begins

JUNE
1 11 12 13 15 27 Amavasya; Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj Ganga Dussehra Ekadasi (Nirjala) Pradosha Puja Purnima; Lunar Eclipse; (11.53 p.m. to 03.33 a.m.) Ekadasi

2012
JANUARY
5 6 8/9 14 Ekadasi Pradosha Puja Purnima Makara Sankranti;

OCTOBER
4 5 Sri Saraswati Avahana; Sri Durga Ashtami Sri Maha Navami; Sri Navaratri Puja concludes