Vaishnava Calendar 2024-25

(Timings as per Kolkata, India)

MARCH 2024

DATE EVENTS

CHAITRA

26 Paran by 9:43 am. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra.

Krishna-Chaturthi. 98th appearance celebration of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti

29
Bhushan Bhagwat Maharaj.

Krishna-Panchami. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan

30
Shanta Goswami Maharaj.

APRIL 2024

2 Krishna-Ashtami. The appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

5 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Papmochani Ekadashi.

Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 7:23 am. Festival on the occasion of Sriman

6 Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. The disappearance of Srila
Govinda Ghosh Thakur.
Gaur-Panchami. The appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharya and Tridandi Swami
13
Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Goswami Maharaj.
VAISHAKH
Gaur-Navami. Fasting for Sri Rama-Navami. The appearance of Sri
Ramachandra. Appearance at noon. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami
17 Srimad Bhakti Saudha Ashram Goswami Maharaj. The 100th appearance
celebration/ (Centennial Celebration) of His Divine Grace Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.
18 Paran by 9.31 am
19 Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Kamda Ekadashi.

20 Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:30am.

Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Balaram. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. The appearance
23 of Srila Vamsivadanananda Thakur and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu. The
appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Bharati Goswami Maharaj.
 Krishna-Shashthi. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kumud
29 Santa Goswami Maharaj. The 3rd annual disappearance of Tridandi Srimad
Bhakti Bhushan Bhagawat Maharaj.
30 Krishna-Saptami. The disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.

MAY 2024
Krishna-Navami. The 7th Annual Disappearance Festival of His Divine Grace
2
Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.
3 Krishna-Dashami. The disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
4 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Varuthini Ekadashi.
5 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9.25am
Amavasya. The appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami. The Annual
8
Festival of Baliyati Gadai Gauranga Math.
Gaur-Pratipad. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aaloka
9
Paramhamsa Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Dwitiya. Akshay-Tritiya. Beginning of 21 days of Chandan-yatra festival of
Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar
10
Yayavar Goswami Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saudha Ashram
Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Panchami. The appearance of Sripad Shankaracharya. The disappearance
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of Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Goswami Maharaj.

JYESHTHA

15 Gaur-Saptami. Jahnu-Saptami. Sri Sri Jahnavi Puja.

Gaur-Navami. The appearance of Sri Nityananda's potency Sri Jahnava Devi and
17
Sri Rama's potency Sri Sita Devi.

19 Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Mohini Ekadashi.

20 Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9.22 am.

Gaur Chaturdashi. Fasting for Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi. The Appearance Day
22
of Sri Nrisimhadev.

Purnima. Paran by 9:22 am. Sri Krishna's Phul-dola and Salil Vihar. The
23 disappearance of Srila Parameshwari Das Thakur. The appearance of Srila
Srinivas Acharya. Sri Buddha Purnima.
Krishna-Pratipad. The disappearance of Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami
24
Maharaj.
28 Krishna-Panchami. The disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya.
JUNE 2024

Krishna-Dwadashi. Fasting for Apara Ekadashi. The appearance of Srila

3
Vrindavan Das Thakur.

4 Krishna-Trayodashi. Paran by 9:22am

8 Gaur-Dwitiya. The Annual Festival of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Hyderabad.

ASHADH

Gaur-Dashami. Dussehra. Sri Ganga Puja. The appearance of Sri Ganga Mata
16
Goswamini. The disappearance of Srila Baladev Vidyabhusan Prabhu.

18 Gaur-Dwadashi. Fasting for Vyanjuli Mahadvadashi.

19 Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 5:52am.

20 Gaur-Trayodashi. Festival of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami at Sripat Panihati.

Purnima. Snan-yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Festival and fair on the occasion
22 of Sri Jagannath Dev’s Snan-yatra at Jagadish Pandit's Sripat, Chakdah. The
disappearance of Srila Mukunda Dutta and Srila Sridhar Pandit.

23 Krishna-Pratipad. The disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.

26 Krishna-Panchami. The appearance of Srila Vakreshwar Pandit.

JULY 2024

1 Krishna-Dashami. The disappearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.

2 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Yogini Ekadashi.

3 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 7:03 am.

Amavasya. The disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami and Srila

5
Sacchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.

6 Gaur-Pratipad. Gundicha Marjan at Sridham Puri.

Gaur-Dwitiya. Ratha-yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. The Annual Festival at Sree
7 Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Grand Road, Puri on the occasion of Ratha-yatra. The
disappearance of Srila Swarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu.

11 Gaur-Panchami. Hera-Panchami. Sri Sri Lakshmi Vijay.

 Gaur-Navami. Punar Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev (Return chariot festival).
15 Annual Festival of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Agartala on the occasion of
the return chariot festival.

Gaur- Dashami. The disappearance of Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan

16
Goswami Maharaj.

SHRAVAN

Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Shayan Ekadashi. Beginning of Chaturmasya.

17
Beginning of observance of Chaturmasya Vrata (when started on Ekadashi).

18 Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9.31 am.

Purnima. Guru Purnima. The disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami.

21
Beginning of observance of Chaturmasya Vrata (when started on Purnima).

Krishna-Dwitiya. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday

23 Bon Goswami Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saurabh Bhaktisar
Goswami Maharaj.

Krishna-Panchami. Trisparsha. The disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta

26
Goswami.

28 Krishna-Ashtami. The disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami.

31 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi.

AUGUST 2024

1 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9.33 am.

Amavasya. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar

4
Dev Goswami Maharaj.

Gaur-Chaturthi. The disappearance of Srila Raghunandan Thakur and Srila

8
Vamsi Das Babaji Maharaj.

Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Pavitraropani Ekadashi. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra

16
Festival of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

Gaur-Dwadashi. Trisparsha. Paran before 5.19 am. The disappearance of Srila

17
Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri Das Pandit Goswami.

BHADRA

19 Purnima. Fasting for the Appearance of Sri Baladeva. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri
 Sri Radha Govinda.

20 Paran by 9:33 am.

Krishna-Ashtami. Fasting for Sri Sri Krishna Janmashtami. The appearance of Sri
Krishna. Festival at Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Mayapur and its other branches
27
in India. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vikash Hrishikesh
Goswami Maharaj.

Krishna-Navami. Trisparsha. Paran by 9.33 am. Sri Nandotsava. Festival at Sri

28
Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Mayapur and its other branches in India.

30 Krishna-Dwadashi. Fasting for Pakshavardhini Mahadvadashi.

31 Krishna-Trayodashi. Paran by 9.32 am.

SEPTEMBER 2024

Gaur-Panchami. The appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the consort of Sri Advaita
8
Prabhu.

10 Gaur-Saptami. Sri Lalita-Saptami.

Gaur-Ashtami. Sri Radhashtami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon.

11
Fasting till noon.
Gaur-Dwadashi. Fasting for Vijaya Mahadwadashi. Sri Hari Parshwa-parivartan.
15 Sri Vaman Dwadashi. The appearance of Lord Vamandev. The appearance of
Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu
Gaur-Trayodashi, Paran by 9.30 am. The appearance of Srila Sacchidananda
16
Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
Gaur-Chaturdashi. Sri Ananta Chaturdashi. The disappearance of Srila Haridas
17
Thakur.
ASHVIN

18 Purnima. Sri Vishwarup Mahotsav.

Krishna-Shashthi. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup
23
Siddhanti Goswami Maharaj.

28 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Indira Ekadashi.

29 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:29 am.

OCTOBER 2024
 Gaur-Chaturthi. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pramode Puri
6
Goswami Maharaj.

10 Gaur- Saptami. Sri Sri Durga Puja

Gaur-Navami. Trisparsha. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. The appearance of
12
Sripad Madhvacharya.
Gaur-Dwadashi. Fasting for Pashankusha Ekadashi. Kartik Vrata begins. The
14 disappearance of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta
Goswami and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami.
15 Gaur-Trayodashi. Paran by 9:28 am.
Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. The disappearance of Srila Murari
17 Gupta and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pragyan Keshav Goswami Maharaj.
Beginning of Kartik-vrata (if begun from Purnima).
DAMODAR
Krishna-Pratipad. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav
18
Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj.
Krishna-Tritiya. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup Puri
20
Goswami Maharaj.
22 Krishna-Panchami. The disappearance of Srila Narottam Thakur.
Krishna Shashthi. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar
23
Yayavar Goswami Maharaj.
Krishna-Ashtami. Bahulashtami. The appearance of Sri Radha-Kunda. Bathing
25
festival at Sri Radha Kunda.
Krishna-Navami. The appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu and Tridandi
26 Swami Srimad Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj. The
disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan Das Babaji Maharaj.
28 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Sri Rama Ekadashi.
Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:29 am. Holy arrival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu
29
at Sripat Panihati.
31 Krishna-Chaturdashi. The offering of 14 lamps in Vishnu Temple.

NOVEMBER 2024

1 Amavasya. Dipavali. The offering of lamps in Vishnu Temple.

Gaur-Pratipad. Sri Govardhan-puja. Annakut Mahotsava. Go-puja and Go-krida.
2
Bali Daityaraj Puja. The appearance of Srila Rasikananda Prabhu.
Gaur-Dwitiya. Bhatri-Dwitiya (Bhai Dhuj). The disappearance of Srila Vasu Ghosh
3
Thakur and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Panchami. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirup
6
Siddhanti Goswami Maharaj.
 Gaur-Ashtami. Sri Gopashtami and Goshthashtami. Go-puja and Go-gras-dan.
9 The disappearance of Srila Gadadhar Das Goswami, Srila Dhananjay Pandit and
Srila Srinivas Acharya Prabhu.
Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Sri Utthan Ekadashi. Sri Hari Utthan. The
disappearance of Nityalila Pravishta Om Vishnupad Paramhamsa Srila Gaur
Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj. 120th Annual Appearance of Om Vishnupad 108 Sri
12
Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj, Founder-Acharya of Sree
Chaitanya Gaudiya Math (Regd.). Sri Bhisma-Panchak. End of Chaturmasya
Vrata and Kartik Vrata (if begun from Ekadashi).
Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:57 am. Festival on the occasion of the
disappearance of Nityalila Pravishta Om Vishnupad Paramhamsa Srila Gaur
13
Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj and the 120th annual appearance of Om Vishnupad
108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Chaturdashi. Trisparsha. The disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami
14 and Srila Kashishwar Pandit. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaj.
Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. The disappearance of Srila Sundarananda
15
Thakur. The appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharya. End of Chaturmasya and
Kartik vrata (if begun from Purnima).
AGRAHAYAN
Krishna-Panchami. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vikash
20
Hrishikesh Goswami Maharaj.
Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Utpanna Ekadashi. The disappearance of Srila
26
Narahari Sarkar Thakur.
Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran after 10:28 am. The disappearance of Srila Kaliya
27
Krishna Das and Srila Saranga Thakur.

DECEMBER 2024

1 Amavasya. The disappearance of Sri Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

Gaur-Shashthi. Oran-Shashthi of Lord Jagannath in Puri. (Offering of starch
7
clothes to Jagannath Dev).
Gaur-Ashtami. Trisparsha. The disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji
8
Maharaj of Suryakunda.
Gaur-Navami. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal
9
Madhusudan Goswami Maharaj.
11 Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Mokshada Ekadashi.
12 Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:45 am.
Purnima. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pradip Tirtha
15
Goswami Maharaj.
PAUSH
 Krishna-Chaturthi. The disappearance of the Founder of Sri Chaitanya Math
and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
19
Goswami Thakur Prabhupada. 88th Annual disappearance festival at the
principal Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Mayapur and at its other branches.
Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Saphala Ekadashi. The disappearance of Srila
26 Devananda Pandit and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Goswami
Maharaj.
Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:53 am. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami
27
Srimad Bhakti Mayukh Bhagavat Goswami Maharaj.
Krishna-Trayodashi. The disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila
28
Uddharan Dutta Thakur.
Amavasya. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saurabh Bhaktisar
30
Goswami Maharaj.
31 Gaur-Pratipad. The appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.

JANUARY 2025
Gaur-Tritiya. The disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish
2 Pandit. Annual festival on the occasion of Sri Jagadish Pandit's Disappearance at
his Sripath in Chakdah.
Gaur-Dwadashi. Trisparsha. Fasting of Jayanti Mahadvadashi. The appearance
11 of Srila Jagadish Pandit. The Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti
Kumud Santa Goswami Maharaj.
12 Gaur-Chaturdashi. Paran by 9.59 am.
Purnima. Pushyabhishek Yatra of Sri Krishna. The annual festival of Sree
13
Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Kolkata.
MAGH
Krishna-Tritiya. The appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami. The
16
disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.
20 Krishna-Shashthi. The disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami.
21 Krishna-Saptami. The disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
25 Krishna Ekadashi. Fasting for Shat-tila Ekadashi.
26 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 10.02 am.
Gaur-Pratipad. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav
30
Vaikhanas Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Dwitiya. The disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan
31
Shanta Goswami Maharaj.

FEBRUARY 2025
 Gaur-Panchami. Sri Krishna's Vasanta Panchami. Sri Saraswati Puja. The
Appearance of Sri Vishnupriya Devi. The appearance of Srila Pundarik
Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Srila Raghunandan Thakur. The
3 disappearance of Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Vivek Bharati Goswami Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti
Swarup Parvat Goswami Maharaj. Annual Festival of Sri Gaudiya Math (Tezpur
in Assam).
Gaur-Shashthi. Trisparsha. The appearance of Sri Advaita Acharya, the
4
incarnation of Maha-Vishnu.
6 Gaur-Navami. The disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.
Gaur-Dashami. The disappearance of Srila Ramanujacharya. Annual Festival of
7
Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in Goalpara (Assam).
8 Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Jaya (Bhaimi) Ekadashi.
Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 10.01 am. Sri Varaha Dwadashi. The appearance of
9
Lord Varaha.
Gaur-Trayodashi. Sri Nityananda Trayodashi. Fasting for the appearance of Sri
Nityananda Prabhu. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Mayukh
10
Bhagavat Goswami Maharaj. Annual Festival of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math in
Guwahati (Assam).
11 Gaur-Chaturdashi. Paran by 10.00 am.
12 Purnima. The appearance of Srila Narottam Thakur. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav.
PHALGUN
Krishna-Tritiya. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Pragyan
15
Keshav Goswami Maharaj.
Krishna-Panchami. The 151th Divine Appearance annual festival of the Founder
of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Sri Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada. Sri Vyaspuja Mahotsav at the
17
principal Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math of Sri Mayapur and its other branches in
India. The disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur. Annual Festival of Sri
Gaudiya Math Sarbhog (Assam).
Krishna-Shashthi. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga
18
Goswami Maharaj.
24 Krishna-Ekadashi. Fasting for Vijaya Ekadashi.
25 Krishna-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:57 am.
27 Krishna-Chaturdashi. Sri Sri Shivaratri.
Amavasya. Paran of Shivaratri by 6.56 am. Gaur-Pratipad. The disappearance of
Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj and Srila
28
Rasikananda Dev Goswami. The 46th Annual Disappearance Festival of Om
Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj, Founder-
 Acharya of Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math (Regd.)

MARCH 2025

3 Gaur-Chaturthi. The appearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur.

Gaur-Panchami. The appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vivek Bharati
4
Goswami Maharaj.
Gaur-Ashtami. Adhivas (Preliminary) Kirtan Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
7
Parikrama at Sree Chaitanya Gaudiya Math, Mayapur.
8 Gaur-Navami. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Antardwip,
the place of the midday pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu, Ishodyan.
9 Gaur-Dashami. Parikrama of Simantadwip.
Gaur-Ekadashi. Fasting for Aamlaki Ekadashi. Parikrama of Godrumdwip and
10
Madhyadwip.
Gaur-Dwadashi. Paran by 9:30 am. The disappearance of Srila Madhavendra
11
Puri.
Gaur-Trayodashi. Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip and Sri
12
Modrumdwip.
Gaur-Chaturdashi. Parikrama of Sri Rudradwip. Adhivas (Preliminary) Kirtan for
13
the Appearance festival of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Purnima. The appearance day of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Fasting for the
14 appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Vasanta Utsav of Sri Sri Radha-
Govinda and Dolyatra.
CHAITRA
15 Paran by 9:48 am. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra.