FESTIVALS 2017 JANUARY 2017 1 Sunday English New Year 8 Sunday Vaikuntha Ekadashi 12 Thursday Leela Vishwambhara Datta Avatara - Surat 13 Friday Bhogi 14 Saturday Makara Sankranti, Pongal, Uttarayana Punya Kala begins 12.48 pm 15 Sunday Kanuma, Sankashtahara Chaturthi 20 Friday Anaghashtami 23 Monday Sarva Ekadashi 26 Thursday Republic Day, Masa Shivaratri FEBRUARY 2017 1 Wednesday Saraswati Panchami, Marakata Rajarajeswari Puja 3 Friday Ratha Saptami, Surappa Poundarikayaji Aradhana 4 Saturday Bhishma Ashtami 5 Sunday Madhva Navami 6 Monday Pithapuram Anagha Datta Swami Brahmotsava 7 Tuesday Bhishma Ekadashi 10 Friday Magha Purnima, Siddharaja Datta Avatara - Cochin 12 Sunday Kumbha Sankramana 14 Tuesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 19 Sunday Anaghashtami 22 Wednesday Sarva Ekadashi 23 Thursday Saint Tyagaraja Aradhana & Sri Venkatamakhi Samsmaranotsava 24 Friday Maha Shivaratri, Annual day worship to Sahasralingeshwara of Haridwar 28 Tuesday Chandrodaya MARCH 2017 7 Tuesday Jnana Sagara Datta Avatara - Anantapur 8 Wednesday Ekadashi 12 Sunday Holi Lakshmi Jayanti 14 Tuesday Meena Sankramana 16 Thursday Sankashtahara Chaturthi
20 Monday Anagha Vrata 26 Sunday Masa Shivaratri 29 Wednesday Hevilambi Nama Samvatsara Ugadi, Telugu, Kannada New Year, Vasanta Navaratri 30 Thursday Matsya Jayanti, Shukra Maudhya ends APRIL 2017 5 Wednesday Sri Rama Navami 7 Friday Sarva Ekadashi 11 Tuesday Chaitra Purnima, Vishwammbaravadhoota Datta Avatara - Akividu Hanuman Jayanti 13 Thursday Mesha Sankramana 14 Friday Tamil New Year Solar New Year Good Friday 19 Wednesday Anagha Vrata 22 Saturday Ekadashi 25 Tuesday Masa Shivaratri 26 Wednesday Sarva Amavasya 29 Saturday Parashurama Jayanti Aksha Truteeya 30 Sunday Shankara Jayanti Jayalakshmi Mata Aradhana MAY 2017 1 Monday May Day 9 Tuesday Nrusimha Jayant Mayamuktavadhoota Avatara - Achcharapakkam 10 Wednesday Sri Kurma Jayant 14 Sunday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 15. 19.5.: 18th Brahmotsavam of Sri Datta Venkateswara Kshetram and Annual Veda Examinatons 19 Friday Anagha Vrata Hanuman Jayant 21 Sunday 18th Brahmotsavam of Sri Datta Venkateswara Kshetram 75th Birthday Celebratons of Sadgurudeva Parama Pujya Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji 26 Friday Birthday of His Holiness Sri Swamiji (end of celebratons: 28.5.)
JUNE 2017 5 Monday Pujya Sri Swamiji's 75th Birthday - Jyeshtha Shuddha Ekadashi Nirjala Ekadashi 9 Friday Dattavadhoota Avatara, Hyderabad 13 Tuesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 15 Thursday Mithuna Sankramana 17 Saturday Anagha Vrata 20 Tuesday Sarva Ekadashi 22 Thursday Masa Shivaratri 25 Sunday Jagannatha Rathotsava 26 Monday Ramadan 30 Friday Ashadha shukravara pujas begin JULY 2017 4 Tuesday Toli Ekadashi Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji's 14th Chaturmasya Vrata 9 Sunday Vyasa Poornima Guru Poornima Adi Guru Datta Avatara, Chennai 12 Wednesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 17 Monday Anagha Vrata 22 Saturday Masa Shivaratri 24 Monday Shravana Somavara Pujas 25 Tuesday Mangala Gowri Vrata 28 Friday Garuda Panchami Kalki Jayant 29 Saturday Shravana Shanivara pujas in Sri Datta Venkateswara kshetram 31 Monday Sanskaraheena Shivarupa Datta Avatara (Jayalakshmi puram) AUGUST 2018 1 Tuesday Swami Narahari Teertha Aradhana 4 Friday Varalakshmi Vrata 7 Monday Shravana Poornima, Rakhi Poornima Rigveda, Yajurveda Upakarma Hayagreeva Jayant Partal Lunar eclipse Sri Datta Venkateshwara kshetra Pavitrotsavas 11 Friday Sankashtahara Chaturthi
15 Tuesday 24 Thursday 70th Independence Day of India Sri Krishnashtami Anagha vrata Swarna Gowri Vrata Varaha Jayant 25 Friday Vinayaka Chavit Samaveda Upakarma Sripadavallabha Jayant 26 Saturday Rishi Panchami SEPTEMBER 2017 2 Saturday Vamana Jayant Bakrid 5 Tuesday Anantapadmanabha Vrata Devadeva Avatara, Nuziveedu 6 Wednesday Chaturmasya concludes Mahalaya Paksha begins 8 Friday Undralla Tadde 9 Saturday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 12 Tuesday Kaveri Pushkara 13 Wednesday Anagha Vrata 16 Saturday Sarva Ekadashi 18 Monday Masa Shivaratri 19 Tuesday Mahalaya Amavasya 21 Thursday Sri Devi Sharannavaratri begins 27 Wednesday Saraswat Puja 28 Thursday Durgashtami 29 Friday Mahanavami 30 Saturday Vijaya Dashami OCTOBER 2017 1 Sunday Moharram 2 Monday Gandhi Jayant 5 Thursday Datta Digambara Avatara, Rishikesh 8 Sunday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 13 Friday Anagha Vrata 17 Tuesday Tula Sankramana 18 Wednesday Naraka Chaturdashi Masa Shivaratri
19 Thursday Deepavali 21 Saturday Bhagini Hasta Bhojana 23 Monday Beginning of Kartka Somavara Abhishekas 31 Tuesday Probodhana Ekadashi NOVEMBER 2017 1 Wednesday Ksheerabdi Dwadashi Shyama kamala lochana Datta Avatara, Vijayawada Kannada Rajyotsava 4 Saturday Datta Yogiraja Avatara, Bengaluru Guru Nanak Jayant 5 Sunday Atrivarada Datta Avatara, Machilipatnam 6 Monday Dattadigambara Avatara, Gandigunta 7 Tuesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 9 Thursday Guru Maudhya ends 11 Saturday Anagha Vrata 14 Tuesday Nehru Jayant - Childrens' day 16 Friday Masa Shivaratri 20 Monday Yogiraja vallabha Datta Avatara, Proddatur 24 Friday Subramanya Shasht 29 Wednesday Geeta Jayant DECEMBER 2017 1 Friday Hanumad Vrata Datta Jayant Begins 2 Sunday Sri Dattatreya Jayant Kalagnishamana Datta Avatara, Mysuru 6 Wednesday Sankashtahara Chaturthi 11 Monday Pradhana Anaghashtami 16 Saturday Masa Shivaratri Dhanussankramana Dhanurmasa pujas begin 20 Wednesday Narasimha Saraswat Jayant (Ganagapura) 25 Monday Christmas 29 Friday Mukkot Ekadashi - Uttara dwara darshan