VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2019-2020

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Month Date Event Breaking Fast
Mar 2019 Fri 22nd Festival of Jagannath Misra ----

Mon 1st Maha-Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise

Sun 14th Sri Rama Navami Fasting till Sunset

Mon 15th Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana

Tue 16th Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise
Apr 2019
Their Lordships' 22nd Brahmotsava celebrations
Thu 18th
begin (in iskcon Bangalore) - Dhvaja Arohana

Sat 27th Brahma Ratha ----

Brahmotsava celebrations end (in iskcon
Mon 29th ----
Bangalore) - Dhvaja Avarohana
Tue 30th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Tue 7th Akshaya Tritiya ----

Tue 14th End of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana

Wed 15th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

May 2019 Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha begins

Wed 15th ----
(in iskcon Bangalore)
Narasimha Chaturdashi:
Sat 18th Fasting till dusk
Appearance of Lord Narasimhadeva
Wed 29th Hanuman Jayanti (in iskcon Bangalore) ----
Thu 30th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Thu 13th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Sat 15th Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava

Jun 2019
Mon 17th Jagannatha Snana Yatra

Sat 29th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Tue 2nd Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Disappearance Fasting till noon
Thu 4th Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra ----

Wed 10th Sudarshana Jayanti at Iskcon, VK hill, Bangalore

Fri 12th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Fri 12th Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra ----

Jul 2019
Founding Day (As per the Founding Document:
Sat 13th
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ISKCON)

First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from

Tue 16th ----
Shak (green leafy vegetables) for one month

Sun 28th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Mon 5th Garuda Panchami (in Iskcon Bangalore)

Sun 11th Ekadasi and Jhulan Yatra begins Next day after Sunrise
Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion begins
Tue 13th
(as per Jaladuta Diary )
Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Balarama
Jhulan Yatra ends
Thu 15th Fasting till noon
Second month of Chaturmasya begins.
Aug 2019 Fasting from yogurt for one month.
Aug 2019

Fri 23rd Sri Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations

Sri Krishna Janmashtami:
Sat 24th Fasting till midnight
Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna
Nandotsava
Sun 25th Fasting till noon
Sri Vyasa Puja: Appearance of Srila Prabhupada

Tue 27th Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise
Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja Smaranam
Sun 1st
(for in iskcon Bangalore)
Fri 6th Radhashtami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani Fasting till noon

Fasting till noon today in

addition to regular
Mon 9th Ekadashi
Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after Sunrise

Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Fasting observed the

Sep 2019 Tue 10th
Vamanadeva previous day till noon

Wed 11th Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance Fasting till noon

Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada
(Srila Prabhupada sannyasa smriti)
Sat 14th ----
Third month of Chaturmasya begins.
Fasting from milk for one month.
Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion ends
Thu 19th
(as per Jaladuta Diary )
Wed 25th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise
Tue 8th Dusshera Festival (in iskcon Mysore) ----

Wed 9th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting
from Urad dal for one month.
Sun 13th ----
Oct 2019 KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS
DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS (in iskcon Bangalore)
Thu 24th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Tue 29th Govardhana Puja, Go Puja ----

Thu 31st Srila Prabhupada - Disappearance Fasting till noon

Fasting till noon today
in addition to regular
Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance
Fri 8th Ekadashi fasting. Next
Ekadashi
day Feast after
Sunrise
Nov 2019 Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS
Tue 12th ----
DEEPOTSAVA ENDS (in iskcon Bangalore)
Wed 20th Srila Prabhupada Diksha Diwasa

Sat 23rd Maha-Dvadasi (Fasting for Ekadasi vrata) Next day after Sunrise
Srila Prabhupada Book Distribution Festival
Sun 1st
Inauguration (in iskcon Bangalore)
Sun 8th Ekadashi & Gita Jayanti Next day after Sunrise
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura -
Mon 16th Fasting till noon
Dec 2019 Disappearance
Sun 22nd Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Wed 25th Kirtan Mela (in iskcon Bangalore)

Thu 26th Kirtan Mela (in iskcon Bangalore)

Mon 6th Vaikuntha Ekadashi (*Check two months before*)

Jan 2020
Mon 20th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Sat 1st Sri Advaita Acharya - Appearance Fasting till noon

 Srila Prabhupada Book Distribution Festival Closing
Sun 2nd
Ceremony and Prize Distribution (in iskcon Bangalore)

Fasting till noon today in

addition to regular
Wed 5th Ekadashi
Ekadashi fasting. Next
day Feast after Sunrise
Feb 2020
Fasting observed the
Thu 6th Sri Varahadeva - Appearance
previous day till noon
Nityananda Trayodashi:
Fri 7th Fasting till noon
Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura -
Thu 13th Fasting till noon
Appearance
Wed 19th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Fri 6th Ekadashi Next day after Sunrise

Mar 2020 Sri Gaura Poornima: Appearance of Sri Chaitanya
Mon 9th Fasting till Moonrise
Mahaprabhu