CALENDAR

2023

Sri Sri Radha Madanmohanji

ISKCON, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai
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JANUARY 2023 Festival Dates

01-Jan New Year Day

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 02-Jan Putrada Ekadashi
03-Jan End ekadashi fast 07:12 -
10:52, Sri Jagadisa Pandita -

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearance
06-Jan Sri Krishna Pushya Abhishek
12-Jan Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja -
Disappearance, Srila Gopala
Bhatta Goswami - Appearance
13-Jan Sri Jayadeva Goswami -
Disappearance
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14-Jan Sri Lochana Dasa Thakura -
Disappearance
15-Jan Makara Sankranti, Ganga
Sagara Mela
18-Jan Sat-tila Ekadashi
19-Jan End ekadashi fast 07:14 -

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10:57
26-Jan Republic Day, Vasanta
Panchami, Sarasvati Puja,
Srimati Visnupriya Devi -
Appearance, Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura -
Disappearance, Sri Pundarika
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Vidyanidhi, Sri Raghunandana
Thakura, Srila Raghunatha
Dasa Goswami - Appearance
28-Jan Sri Advaita Acharya -
Appearance
29-Jan Bhismastami

29 30 31 30-Jan Sri Madhvacharya -

Disappearance
31-Jan Sri Ramanujacharya -
Disappearance
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FEBRUARY 2023 Festival Dates

01-Feb Bhaimi Ekadashi, also Fast

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT today for Varahadeva
02-Feb Varaha Dvadasi - Appearance
of Lord Varahadeva, End fast

1 2 3 4 07:12 - 10:59
03-Feb Nityananda Trayodasi -
Appearance of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu
05-Feb Sri Krishna Madhura Utsava,
Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
- Appearance
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11-Feb Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura -
Appearance, Sri Purusottama
Das Thakura - Disappearance
17-Feb Vijaya Ekadashi, Sri Isvara
Puri - Disappearance

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18-Feb End ekadashi fast 07:05 -

10:56
19-Feb Shiva Ratri, Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
21-Feb Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
& Sri Rasikananda -
Disappearance
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23-Feb Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura
- Appearance

26 27 28
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MARCH 2023 Festival Dates

03-Mar Amalaki vrata Ekadashi

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 04-Mar Sri Madhavendra Puri -
Disappearance, End ekadashi
fast 06:56 - 10:52

1 2 3 4 07-Mar Sri Gaura Purnima -

Appearance of Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu
08-Mar Festival of Jagannatha Misra
15-Mar Sri Srivasa Pandita -
Appearance
18-Mar Papamochani Ekadashi
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 19-Mar Sri Govinda Ghosh -
Disappearance, End ekadashi
fast 06:44 - 08:10
22-Mar Gudi Padwa
26-Mar Sri Ramanujacharya -
Appearance

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 30-Mar Rama Navami - Appearance of

Lord Sri Ramachandra

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31
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APRIL 2023 Festival Dates

01-Apr Kamada Ekadashi

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 02-Apr End ekadashi fast after 10:53
04-Apr Mahaveer Jayanti
06-Apr Sri Balarama Rasayatra, Sri

30 1 Krishna Vasanta Rasa, Sri

Vamsivadana Thakura & Sri
Syamananda Prabhu -
Appearance, Hanuman Jayanti
07-Apr Good Friday
12-Apr Sri Abhirama Thakura -
Disappearance
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14-Apr
15-Apr
Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti
Srila Vrindavana Dasa
Thakura - Disappearance,
Tulasi Jala Dan begins
16-Apr Varuthini Ekadashi
17-Apr End ekadashi fast 06:20 -

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20-Apr
10:32
Sri Gadadhara Pandita -
Appearance
22-Apr Ramadan (Id al-Fitr)
23-Apr Aksaya Trtiya, 21 days
Candana Yatra starts
27-Apr Jahnu Saptami
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29-Apr Srimati Sita Devi (consort of
Lord Sri Rama) - Appearance,
Sri Madhu Pandita -
Disappearance, Srimati
Jahnava Devi - Appearance

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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MAY 2023 Festival Dates

01-May Mohini Ekadashi, Maharashtra

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Day
02-May Rukmini Dvadasi, End
ekadashi fast 06:10 - 10:27

1 2 3 4 5 6 03-May Sri Jayananda Prabhu -

Disappearance
04-May Nrisimha Caturdasi -
Appearance of Lord
Nrisimhadeva
05-May Buddha Purnima, Krishna
Phula Dola, Salila Vihara, Sri
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Paramesvari Dasa Thakura -
Disappearance, Sri Sri Radha-
Ramana Devaji - Appearance,
Sri Madhavendra Puri & Sri
Srinivasa Acarya - Appearance
10-May Sri Ramananda Raya -

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Disappearance
14-May Tulasi Jala Dan ends
15-May Apara Ekadashi
16-May End ekadashi fast 06:43 -
10:24, Srila Vrindavana Dasa
Thakura - Appearance
30-May Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Disappearance, Ganga Puja,
Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini
- Appearance
31-May Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi

28 29 30 31
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JUNE 2023 Festival Dates

01-Jun End ekadashi fast 06:00 -

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 10:24
02-Jun Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava
04-Jun Snana Yatra, Sri Mukunda

1 2 3 Datta & Sri Sridhara Pandita -

Disappearance
05-Jun Sri Syamananda Prabhu -
Disappearance
08-Jun Sri Vakresvara Pandita -
Appearance
13-Jun Sri Srivasa Pandita -
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disappearance
14-Jun Yogini Ekadashi
15-Jun End ekadashi fast 06:01 -
08:34
18-Jun Sri Gadadhara Pandita & Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura -

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Disappearance
19-Jun Gundicha Marjana
20-Jun Ratha Yatra, Sri Svarupa
Damodara Goswami & Sri
Sivananda Sena -
Disappearance
24-Jun Hera Pancami, Sri Vakresvara
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pandita - Disappearance
29-Jun Sayana Ekadashi, Bakri-Id
30-Jun End ekadashi fast 08:22 -
10:29

25 26 27 28 29 30
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JULY 2023 Festival Dates

03-Jul Guru (Vyasa) Purnima, Srila

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Sanatana Goswami -
Disappearance, First month of
Caturmasya begins (fasting

30 31 1 from green leafy vegetables for

one month)
07-Jul Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami -
Disappearance
10-Jul Srila Lokanatha Goswami -
Disappearance
11-Jul The incorporation of ISKCON
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in New York
13-Jul Kamika Ekadashi
14-Jul End ekadashi fast 06:09 -
10:32
17-Jul Purusottama-adhika Masa
begins (Caturmasya is not

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 observed during Purusottama

Adhika Masa)
29-Jul Padmini Ekadashi, Muharram
30-Jul End ekadashi fast 06:14 -
10:35

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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AUGUST 2023 Festival Dates

12-Aug Parama Ekadashi

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 13-Aug End ekadashi fast 06:19 -
08:21
15-Aug Independence Day

1 2 3 4 5 16-Aug Parsi New Year (Navroz)

17-Aug First month of Caturmasya
continues
20-Aug Sri Raghunandana Thakura &
Sri Vamsidasa Babaji -
Disappearance
27-Aug Pavitropana Ekadashi, Radha
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins
28-Aug End ekadashi fast 06:22 -
10:34, Srila Rupa Goswami &
Sri Gauridasa Pandita -
Disappearance
30-Aug Last day of the first

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Caturmasya month
31-Aug Jhulana Yatra ends, Lord
Balarama - Appearance,
Second month of Caturmasya
begins (fasting from yogurt for
one month), Raksha Bandhan

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31
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SEPTEMBER 2023 Festival Dates

01-Sep Srila Prabhupada's departure

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT for the USA
07-Sep Sri Krishna Janmashtami -
App. of Lord Sri Krishna

1 2 08-Sep Nandotsava, Srila AC

Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada - App.
11-Sep Annada Ekadashi
12-Sep End ekadashi fast 06:25-10:31
19-Sep Ganesh Chaturthi
20-Sep Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Advaita's consort) - App.
21-Sep Lalita sasti
23-Sep Radhashtami - Appearance of
Srimati Radharani
26-Sep Parsva Ekadashi, Sri Vamana
Dvadasi - Appearance of Lord

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Vamanadeva, Srila Jiva

Goswami - Appearance
27-Sep Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura -
App., End ekadashi fast 06:28
- 10:29
28-Sep Ananta Caturdasi Vrata, Srila
Haridasa Thakura -
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Disappearance, Last day of
the second Caturmasya month
29-Sep Bhadrapada Purnima, Sri
Visvarupa Mahotsava,
Acceptance of sannyasa by
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Prabhupada, Third month of

Caturmasya begins (fasting for
milk for one month), Pitri
Paksha begins
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OCTOBER 2023 Festival Dates

02-Oct Gandhi Jayanti

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 05-Oct Srila Prabhupada's arrival in
the USA
10-Oct Indira Ekadashi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11-Oct End ekadashi fast 06:31 -

10:27
14-Oct End of Pitri Paksha
15-Oct Starting of Navaratri
21-Oct Durga Puja
23-Oct End of Navaratri
24-Oct Dussehra, Ramachandra
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Vijayotsava, Sri Madhvacarya -
Appearance
25-Oct Pasankusa Ekadashi
26-Oct End ekadashi fast 06:36 -
09:46, Srila Raghunatha Dasa
Goswami, Srila Raghunatha

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bhatta Goswami, Srila

Krishnadasa Kaviraja
Goswami - Disappearance
27-Oct Last day of the third
Caturmasya month
28-Oct Sharad Purnima, Sri Krishna
Sharadiya Rasayatra, Sri
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Murari Gupta - Disappearance,
Laksmi Puja, Fourth month of
Caturmasya begins (urad dal
fast for one month)

29 30 31
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NOVEMBER 2023 Festival Dates

02-Nov Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT - Disappearance
05-Nov Appearance of Radha Kunda,
snana dana, Bahulastami

1 2 3 4 06-Nov Sri Virabhadra - Appearance

09-Nov Rama Ekadashi
10-Nov End ekadashi fast 06:42-10:29
13-Nov Deep dana, Deepavali, Narak
Chaturdashi, Lakshmi Puja
14-Nov Go Puja, Go Krida,
Govardhana Puja, Bali
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Daityaraja Puja, Sri
Rasikananda - Appearance
15-Nov Sri Vasudeva Ghosh - Disapp.
17-Nov Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada - Disappearance
20-Nov Gopastami, Gosthastami, Sri

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Gadadhara Dasa Goswami,

Sri Dhananjaya Pandita, Sri
Srinivasa Acarya - Disapp.
21-Nov Jagaddhatri Puja
23-Nov Utthana Ekadashi, Srila Gaura
Kisora Dasa Babaji - Disapp,
First day of Bhisma Panchaka
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24-Nov End ekadashi fast 06:50-10:33
26-Nov Sri Bhugarbha Goswami & Sri
Kasisvara Pandita -
Disappearance, Last day of
the fourth Caturmasya month
27-Nov Sri Krishna Rasayatra, Tulasi-

26 27 28 29 30 Saligrama Vivaha, Sri

Nimbarkacarya - Appearance,
Guru Nanak Jayanti, Last day
of Bhisma Pancaka
28-Nov Katyayani vrata begins
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DECEMBER 2023 Festival Dates

08-Dec Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT - Disappearance
09-Dec Utpanna Ekadashi, Sri Kaliya
Krishnadasa - Disappearance

31 1 2 10-Dec End ekadashi fast 07:00 -

07:15
11-Dec Sri Saranga Thakura -
Disappearance
18-Dec Odana sasthi
23-Dec Moksada Ekadashi, Advent of
Srimad Bhagavad-gita
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 24-Dec End ekadashi fast 07:08 -
10:48
25-Dec Christmas
26-Dec Katyayani vrata ends
31-Dec Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura -

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Disappearance

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30