Vaishnava Calendar - 2013 (Perth, Australia) Date Day Event 1 Jan TUE Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Disappearance 8 Jan TUE Ekadasi (fasting for Saphala Ekadasi) Sri Devananda Pandita - Disappearance 9 Jan WED Break fast 05.20 10.02 10 Jan THU Sri Mahesa Pandita - Disappearance Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura - Disappearance 12 Jan SAT Sri Locana Dasa Thakura - Appearance 14 Jan MON Srila Jiva Gosvami - Disappearance Sri Jagadisa Pandita Disappearance Ganga Sagara Mela 22 Jan TUE Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting) 23 Jan WED Dvadasi (fasting for Putrada Ekadasi) Sri Jagadisa Pandita - Appearance 24 Jan THU Break fast 05.34 7.14 27 Jan SUN Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka 1 Feb FRI Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja - Disappearance Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami - Appearance 2 Feb SAT Sri Jayadeva Gosvami - Disappearance 3 Feb SUN Sri Locana Dasa Thakura - Disappearance 6 Feb WED Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting) 7 Feb THU Dvadasi (fasting for Sat-tila Ekadasi) 8 Feb FRI Break fast 05.48-10.16 15 Feb FRI Vasanta Pancami Srimati Visnupriya Devi - Appearance Sarasvati Puja Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura - Disappearance Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi - Appearance Sri Raghunandana Thakura - Appearance Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami - Appearance 17 Feb SUN Sri Advaita Acarya - Appearance (fast today) 18 Feb MON Bhismastami 19 Feb TUE Sri Madhvacarya - Disappearance 20 Feb WED Sri Ramanujacarya - Disappearance
Date Day Event 21 Feb THU Ekadasi (fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi) (Fast today for Varahadeva) 22 Feb FRI Break fast 07.42 10.20 Varaha Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Varahadeva 23 Feb SAT Nityananda Trayodasi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu (fast today) 25 Feb MON Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura - Appearance 2 Mar SAT Sri Purusottama Das Thakura - Disappearance Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Appearance 8 Mar FRI Ekadasi (fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi) 9 Mar SAT Break fast 06.11 08.27 Sri Isvara Puri - Disappearance 11 Mar MON Siva Ratri 12 Mar TUE Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji - Disappearance Sri Rasikananda - Disappearance 15 Mar FRI Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura - Appearance 23 Mar SAT Ekadasi (fasting for Amalaki Vrata Ekadasi) 24 Mar MON Break fast 06.22-10.22 Sri Madhavendra Puri - Disappearance 27 Mar WED Gaura Purnima: Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (fast today) 28 Mar THU Festival of Jagannatha Misra 3 Apr WED Sri Srivasa Pandita - Appearance 6 Apr SAT Ekadasi (fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi) 7 Apr SUN Break fast 06.31-10.23 Sri Govinda Ghosh - Disappearance 14 Apr SUN Tulasi Jala Dan begins 15 Apr MON Sri Ramanujacarya - Appearance 20 Apr SUN Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra (fast today) 22 Apr MON Ekadasi (fasting for Kamada Ekadasi) 23 Apr TUE Break fast 06.42-10.21 Damanakaropana Dvadasi 25 Apr SAT Sri Balarama Rasayatra Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa
Sri Vamsivadana Thakura - Appearance Sri Syamananda Prabhu - Appearance 2 May THU Sri Abhirama Thakura - Disappearance 5 May SUN Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting) 6 May MON Dvadasi (fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi) 7 May TUE Break fast 06.52 10.26 9 May THU Sri Gadadhara Pandita - Appea 13 May MON Candana Yatra starts (continues for 21 days) 14 May TUE Tulasi Jala Dan ends 19 May SUN Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama ) - Appearance Sri Madhu Pandita - Disappearance Srimati Jahnava Devi - Appearance 21 May TUE Ekadasi (fasting for Mohini Ekadasi) 22 May WED Break fast 07.02 10.29 23 May THU Sri Jayananda Prabhu - Disappearance 24 May FRI Nrsimha Caturdasi: Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva (fast today) 25 May SAT Krsna Phula Dola, Salila Vihara Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura - Disappearance Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji - Appearance Sri Madhavendra Puri - Appearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya - Appearance 29 May WED Sri Ramananda Raya - Disappearance 4 Jun TUE Ekadasi (fasting for Apara Ekadasi) 5 Jun WED Break fast 07.10 10.33 Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura - Appearance 19 Jun WED Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana - Disappearance Ganga Puja Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini - Appearance 20 Jun THU Ekadasi (fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi) (Total fast, even from water, if you have broken Ekadasi) 21 Jun FRI Breakfast 07.16 10.37 23 Jun SUN SnanaYatra Sri Mukunda Datta - Disappearance Sri Sridhara Pandita - Disappearance 24 Jun MON Sri Syamananda Prabhu - Disappearance 27 Jun THU Sri Vakresvara Pandita - Appearance 2 Jul TUE Sri Srivasa Pandita - Disappearance
3 Jul ED Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting) 4 Jul THU Dvadasi (fasting for Yogini Ekadasi) 5 Jul FRI Break fast 07.17 07.50 8 Jul MON Sri Gadadhara Pandita - Disappearance Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Disappearance 10 Jul WED Ratha Yatra Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami - Disappearance Sri Sivananda Sena - Disappearance 14 Jul SUN Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra) Sri Vakresvara Pandita - Disappearance 18 Jul THU Return Ratha (8 days after Ratha Yatra) 19 Jul FRI Ekadasi (fasting for Sayana Ekadasi) 20 Jul SAT Break fast 07.13 10.39 22 Jul MON Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Srila Sanatana Gosvami - Disappearance First month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima System) (green leafy vegetable fast for one month) 27 Jul SAT Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami - Disappearance 30 Jul TUE Srila Lokanatha Gosvami - Disappearance 31 Jul WED The incorporation of ISKCON in New York 2 Aug FRI Ekadasi (fasting for Kamika Ekadasi) 3 Aug SAT Break fast 07.14 10.36 11 Aug SUN Sri Raghunandana Thakura - Disappearance Sri Vamsidasa Babaji - Disappearance 17 Aug SAT Ekadasi (fasting for Pavitropana Ekadasi) Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins 18 Aug SUN Break fast 06.49 10.30 Srila Rupa Gosvami - Disappearance Sri Gauridasa Pandita - Disappearance 20 Aug TUE Last day of the first Caturmasya month (Purnima system) 21 Aug WED Jhulana Yatra ends Lord Balarama Appearance (fast today) Second month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) (yoghurt fast for one month) 22 Aug THU Srila Prabhupada's departure for the USA 29 Aug THU Sri Krsna Janmastami: Appearance of Lord Sri Krsna (fast today)
Srila Prabhupada Appearance 1 Sep SUN Ekadasi (fasting for Annada Ekadasi) 2 Sep MON Break fast 06.32 10.21 10 Sep TUE Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita's consort) - Appearance 11 Sep WED Lalita sasti 13 Sep FRI Radhastami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani 16 Sep MON Dvadasi (fasting for Parsva Ekadasi) Sri Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva Srila Jiva Gosvami - Appearance 17 Sep TUE Break fast 06.13 10.12 Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance Srila Haridasa Thakura - Disappearance Last day of the second Caturmasya month (Purnima system) 19 Sep THU Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada Third month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) (milk fast for one month) 26 Sep THU Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the USA 1 Oct TUE Ekadasi (fasting for Indira Ekadasi) 2 Oct WED Breakfast 05.53 08.36 11 Oct FRI Durga Puja 14 Oct MON Ramacandra Vijayotsava Sri Madhvacarya - Appearance 15 Oct TUE Ekadasi (fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi) 16 Oct WED Break fast 05.36 09.53 Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami - Disappearance Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami - Disappearance Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami - Disappearance 18 Oct FRI Last day of the third Caturmasya month (Purnima system) 19 Oct SAT Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra Sri Murari Gupta - Disappearance Laksmi Puja Fourth month of Caturmasya begins (Purnima system) (urad dal fast for one month) 24 Oct THU Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura - Disappearance
7 Oct SUN Appearance of Radha Kunda, snana dana Bahulastami 28 Oct MON Sri Virabhadra - Appearance 30 Oct WED Ekadasi (fasting for Rama Ekadasi) 31 Oct THU Break fast 06.49 09.47 3 Nov SUN Dipa dana, Dipavali, (Kali Puja) 4 Nov MON Go Puja. Go Krda. Govardhana Puja Bali Daityaraja Puja Sri Rasikananda - Appearance 5 Nov TUE Sri Vasudeva Ghosh - Disappearance 7 Nov THU Srila Prabhupada - Disappearance 10 Nov SUN Gopastami, Gosthastami Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami - Disappearance Sri Dhananjaya Pandita - Disappearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya - Disappearance 11 Nov MON Jagaddhatri Puja 13 Nov WED Ekadasi (fasting for Utthana Ekadasi) Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji - Disappearance First day of Bhisma Pancaka 14 Nov THU Break fast 05.09 09.44 16 Nov SAT Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami - Disappearance Sri Kasisvara Pandita - Disappearance Last day of the fourth Caturmasya month (Purnima system) 17 Nov SUN Sri Krsna Rasayatra Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage) Sri Nimbarkacarya - Appearance Last day of Bhisma Pancaka 23 Nov MON Katyayani vrata begins 29 Nov FRI Ekadasi (fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi) Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura - Disappearance 30 Nov SAT Break fast 05.03 09.44 Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa - Disappearance 1 Dec SUN Sri Saranga Thakura - Disappearance 8 Dec SUN Odana sasthi 13 Dec FRI Ekadasi (fasting for Moksada Ekadasi) Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita 14 Dec SAT Break fast 05.04 09.49
17 Dec TUE Katyayani vrata ends 21 Dec SAT Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Disappearance 29 Dec SUN Ekadasi (fasting for Saphala Ekadasi) Sri Devananda Pandita - Disappearance 30 Dec MON Break fast 05.12 05.30 31 Dec TUE Sri Mahesa Pandita - Disappeance Sri Uddharana Datta - Disappearance