NARAYANA / SREE RAMAJAYAM THE ASTHIKA SAMAJ MUMBAI - 400 019. DATE Sree Rama Mandir - Kochu Guruvayoor Bhandarkar Road, Matunga, Mumbai - 400019 Tel. : 2401 4170 / 2404 2168. Email : theasthikasamajam@gmail.com www.asthikasamajmatunga.com SPIRITUAL CALENDAR - 2018-2019 5 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 7 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 10 TUES THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 11 WEDNES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 13 FRI PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 14 SATUR MEDOM MASAM BEGINS 14 SATUR VISHU PUNYA KALAM 15 SUN VISHU KANI 15 SUN AMAVASYA 18 WEDNES KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN AKSHAYA THIRUTHIYA 20 FRI BHAGAVATHI SEVA 21 SATUR SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 24 TUES AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 25 WEDNES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 27 FRI UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 27 FRI PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 28 SATUR NARASHIMA JAYANTHI 29 SUN POURNAMI APRIL - 2018 1
MAY - 2018 3 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 5 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 7 MON THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 11 FRI EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 13 SUN PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 14 MON BHOANA AMAVASYA 15 TUES AMAVASYA EDAVAM MASAM BEGINS 16 WEDNES KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 18 FRI BHAGAWATHI SEVA 20 SUN SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 21 MON AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 23 WEDNES NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 24 THURS UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 25 FRI EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 25 FRI KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA CELEBRATION BEGINS - -1 -( AT EVENING ) 26 SATUR KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA -2 PRATHISHTA LORD SREE RAMAR & LORD ANJANEYAR 27 SUN KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA -3 27 SUN PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 28 MON KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA - 4 28 MON VAIKASHI VISHAKAM 29 TUES KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA - 5 KALABHABHISHEKAM TO KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN 29 TUES POURNAMI 30 WEDNES KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN PRATHISHTA 108 - DRAVYA KALASHABHISHEKAM 2
2 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 4 MON THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 7 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 9 SATUR EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 11 MON PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 12 TUES KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 13 WEDNES AMAVASYA 14 THURS VAISAKHAM MASAM ENDS 15 FRI MIDHUNAM MASAM BEGINS BHAGAVATHI SEVA 17 SUN AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 19 TUES SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 20 WEDNES UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 22 FRI NAVAMI - SHODASHAM ABHISHEKAM 24 SUN EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETHA PARAYANAM 25 MON PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 27 WEDNES POURNAMI DATE JUNE - 2018 JULY - 2018 1 SUN THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 5 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 7 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 9 MON EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 10 TUES PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 12 THURS AMAVASYA 15 SUN AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA 16 MON DAKSHINAYANA PUNYAKALAM 17 TUES KARKITAKA MASAM BEGINS - (AADI MASAM) 18 WEDNES UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO SWAMI AYYAPPAN SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 20 FRI BHAGAVATHI SEVA 21 SATUR NAVAMI - SHODASAM - ABHISHEKAM 23 MON EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 25 WEDNES PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 27 FRI POURNAMI 27 FRI LUNAR ECLIPSE NIGHT - 11.54 PM TO 3.49 AM 28 SATUR THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 3
2 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAMTO KOCHU GURUVAYOORAPPAN 3 FRI AADI PATHINETTAM PERUKKU 4 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHAM ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 5 SUN ADI - KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 7 TUES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 9 THURS PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 11 SATUR AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA 13 MON ADI - POORAM AMAVASYA - ( KARKKADA VAVU) 14 TUES UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 15 WEDNES ANNUAL BHAGAWATHI SEVA 15 WEDNES GARUDA PANCHAMI 16 THURS SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 16 THURS ANNUAL UASTHAMANA POOJA 17 FRI CHINGAM MASAM BEGINS BHAGAVATHI SEVA 19 SUN NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 21 TUES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 23 THURS PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 23 THURS UTHRADAM - KAZHCHA KULA 24 FRI VARALAKSHMI PUJA 25 SATUR THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM - RIG UPAKARMAM 25 SATUR THIRUVONAM - FESTIVAL 26 SUN POURNAMI - YAJUR UPAKARMAM - RAKSHA BHANDAN 27 MON GAYATRI JAPAM AUGUST - 2018 4
SEPTEMBER - 2018 1 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO SWAMI AYYAPPAN 2 SUN KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 2 SUN SREE KRISHNA JAYANTHI - ASHTAMI ROHINI 6 THURS EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 6 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 7 FRI PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 8 SATUR AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA 9 SUN AMAVASYA 10 MON UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 11 TUES SAMAVEDA UPAKARMA 13 THURS VINAYAKAR CHATURTHI 15 SATUR SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 17 MON KANNI (PURATTASI) MASAM BEGINS 18 TUES NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASHABHISHEKAM 20 THURS EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 21 FRI THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 21 FRI BHAGAVATHI SEVA 22 SATUR PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 24 MON POURNAMI 29 SATUR KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 5
4 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM TO KOCHU LORD GURUVAYOORAPPAN GURU PEYARCHI 5 FRI AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 6 SATUR PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA PANACHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMY AYYAPPAN 8 MON UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN MAHALAYA - AMAVASYA 10 WEDNES NAVARATHRI FESTIVAL - BEGINS 14 SUN SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 16 TUES GRANDHA POOJA - (EVENING) 17 WEDNES DURGASHTAMI 18 THURS SARASWATI PUJA 18 THURS THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM MAHA NAVAMI - SHODASHA KALASABHISHEKAM 18 THURS THULA MASAM BEGINS - TULA RAVI SAMKRAMAM 19 FRI VIJAYA DASHAMI - VIDYARAMBHAM 19 FRI BHAGAWATHI SEVA 20 SATUR EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 22 MON PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 24 WEDNES POURNAMI OCTOBER - 2018 ANNABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 27 SATUR KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 6
NOVEMBER - 2018 1 THURS AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA KALABHABHISHEKAM 3 SATUR PANACHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 4 SUN UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 5 MON PRADOSHAM- ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 6 TUES DEEPAVALI 7 WEDNES SKANDA SHASHTI VASTHU SHANTHI - EVENING AMAVASYA - SWATI 8 THURS SKANDA SHASHTI FESTIVAL 11 SUN SKANDA SHASHTI - SANKABHISHEKAM 13 TUES SKANDA SHASHTI - SOORASHAMKARAM 14 WEDNES SKANDA SHASHTI - THIRU KALYANA UTHSAVAM 14 WEDNES THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 17 SATUR NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 17 SATUR MANDALAM ARAMBHAM - VIRUCHIKAM (KARTHIKAI) MASAM BEGINS 19 MON KOCHU GURUVAYOOR - EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 20 TUES PRADOSHAM- ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 22 THURS POURNAMI BHARANI DEEPAM - SHARVALAYA DEEPAM 23 FRI THIRU KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 23 FRI BHAGAVATHI SEVA 23 FRI ANNAMALAI DEEPAM 28 WEDNES LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN PRATHISHTA BEGINS 28 WEDNES AYILYAM - NAGAPOOJA 7
1 SATUR LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN PRATHISHTA 1 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 3 MON THRIPRYAR - EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 4 TUES PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 6 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM AMAVASYA 12 WEDNES THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 13 THURS SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 14 FRI NARAYANEEYAM 16 SUN DHANUR (MARGAZHI) MASA POOJA BEGINS NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 18 TUES VAIKUNDA EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 19 WEDNES KUCHELA DINAM 20 THURS KARTHIKA - NAVAKA ABISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 20 THURS PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 21 FRI BHAGAWATHI SEVA 22 SATUR POURNAMI DECEMBER - 2018 23 SUN THIRUVATHIRA (ARUDRA DARSHANAM) 26 WEDNES AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 27 THURS MANDALAM CONCLUDES - ( MANDALA VILAKKU) 29 SATUR UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 8
1 TUES NEW YEAR JANUARY - 2019 1 TUES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 3 THURS PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA KALABHABHISHEKAM 5 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKA TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 5 SATUR AMAVASYA 5 SATUR HANUMANTH JAYANTHI 8 TUES THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 12 SATUR SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 14 MON MAKARA VILLAKKU 15 TUES NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 15 TUES UTHARAYANA PUNYAKALAM 16 WEDNES THAI KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN THAI POOSAM - FESTIVAL BEGINS 17 THURS EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 18 FRI BHAGAWATHI SEVA 18 FRI PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 20 SUN THAI POOSAM - SANKABHISHEKAM 20 SUN POURNAMI 21 MON THAI - POOSAM - THIRUKALYANA UTSAVAM 22 TUES AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 25 FRI UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 31 THURS EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 9
2 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 2 SATUR PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 3 SUN SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM (MAHATMYAM) 4 MON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 1 - THIRUVONAM 4 MON THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM AMAVASYA 5 TUES SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 2 - AVITTAM 6 WEDNES SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 3 - AVITTAM 7 THURS SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 4 - CHAAM 7 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 8 FRI SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 5 - POORUTTATHI 9 SATUR SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 6 - UTHRATTATHI 9 SATUR PARATHISTA - LORD MURUGAN, SHIVA AND NAVAGRAHA DEVATHAS BEGINS 10 SUN SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - 7 - REVATHI 10 SUN PARATHISTA - LORD MURUGAN, SHIVA, NAVAGRAHA DEVATHAS AND GANAPATHY - ABHISHEKAM 11 MON SRIMAD BHAGAVATHA SAPTHAHAM - SAMARPANA POOJA 11 MON SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 12 TUES RATHA SAPTAMI 13 WEDNES KUMBAM MASAM BEGINS 13 WEDNES KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 13 WEDNES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 14 THURS NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM 15 FRI BHAGAWATHI SEVA 17 SUN PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 19 TUES AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 20 WEDNES MASI MAKAM FEBRUARY - 2019 21 THURS UTHRAM - NAVABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 10
MARCH - 2019 2 SATUR EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMY AYYAPPAN 3 SUN PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 4 MON MAHA SHIVARATHIRI THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 6 WEDNES AMAVASYA 7 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 10 SUN UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 12 TUES KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 15 FRI MEENA MASAM BEGINS BHAGAWATHI SEVA 16 SATUR NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM TO SREE RAMACHANDRA 17 SUN EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 18 MON AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 18 MON PRADOSHAM - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 20 WEDNES POURNAMI 21 THURS PUNGUNI UTHRAM 31 SUN THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 11
1 MON EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 2 TUES PRADOSHAM ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 4 THURS KALABHABHISHEKAM 4 THURS SARVA AMAVASYA 5 FRI AMAVASYA - SREE RAMA NAVAMI FESTIVAL BEGINS 6 SATUR PANCHAMRUTHA ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 8 MON KARTHIKA - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 11 THURS SHASHTI - ABHISHEKAM TO LORD MURUGAN 12 FRI LAKSHARCHANA 13 SATUR NAVAMI - SHODASA KALASABHISHEKAM TO SREE RAMACHANDRA SREE RAMA NAVAMI 14 SUN MEDOM MASAM BEGINS - TAMIL NEW YEAR - EVENING PUTHU PANCHANGA PATANAM 14 SUN ANJANEYA UTSAVAM 15 MON VISHU KANI 16 TUES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM AYILYAM - NAGA POOJA 17 WEDNES PRADOSHAM ABHISHEKAM TO LORD SHIVA 19 FRI POURNAMI APRIL - 2019 UTHRAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM TO LORD SWAMI AYYAPPAN 27 SATUR THIRUVONAM - NAVAKABHISHEKAM 30 TUES EKADASI - EVENING BHAGAVAD GEETA PARAYANAM 12 Sevak Press