All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar 2010 2011 Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Sevaite-President-Acharya: Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj Founder-Acharya: Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram Santa Cruz, California
VISHNU 20. (Sun) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:45 a.m. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival. 24. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the Appearance Place of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sripat Hapaniya: Grand Appearance of the Holy Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Shanta Maharaj. 13
7. (Mon) Gaura-tritiya. Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha- Ramanasundarjiu installation anniversary festival, at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Kaikhali, Kolkata. 9. (Wed) Gaura-chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purusottama Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas Dasadhikari Prabhu. 10. (Thu) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Srimati Tarangini Devi. 14. (Mon) Gaura-navami. Adhivas Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of annual seven day festival. 15. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Amlaki Ekadasi. Fast. Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of Sri Ishodyan, Sri Yogapitha (Sriman Mahaprabhu's Appearance Place), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir, Sri Advaita Bhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Acharyya Chatustya Samanita, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari and Sriman Mahaprabhu Mandir, Srila Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishora das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Prabriti, Sri Kazi Samadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath Mandir, Sridhar Angan and Sri Simantadvip, Sri Rudradvip, Sri Antardvip. 16. (Wed) Break fast 7:18-11:17 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama of Praudhamaya, Briddha Shiva, Sri Vishnupriya's own Deity of Sri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi Mandir, Koladvip, etc. 17. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Parikrama of Sri Godruma and Madhyadvip, Sri Surabhikunj, Suvarna Bihar Math, Sri Nrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places. 18. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Adhivas observance ceremony of the Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladvip, Sri Ritudvip, Sri Jahnudvip, Sri Modadrumadvip, etc., Old Sri Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidyanagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sri Vrindavan das Thakur's Appearance Place, and the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari and Vasudeva Datta 19. (Sat) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri Gaura- Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Start of 526 Gaurabda year. 12 All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar (2010 2011) This calendar is based on the translation of the Bengali Vaisnava Calendar, Sri Gaudiya Parvva Talika, compiled by Sriyukta Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, M.Sc., B.T., Jyotibhushan, Headmaster. Translated to English by Sripad Bhakti Nirmal Acharyya Maharaj. All dates and times listed here are calculated for Kolkata, India, as referred to at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nabadwip Dham. FEBRUARY 2010 28. (Sun) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri Gaura- Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fast until moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of Sri Sri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Start of 525 Gaurabda year. VISHNU MARCH 2010 1. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:53 a.m. Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival. 5. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the Appearance Place of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sripat Hapaniya: Grand Appearance of the Holy Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran Shanta Maharaj. Pancham Dol. 1
8. (Mon) Krishna-astami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit. 9. (Tue) Krishna-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj. 10. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Pap-bimochani Ekadasi. Fast. 11. (Thu) Break fast 10:07-10:20 a.m. 12. (Fri) Krishna-dvadasi. Festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varahanagar. Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Disappearance of Sripad Satyendra Chandra Bhattacharyya. 20. (Sat) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Ramanujacharyya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hridaya Bon Maharaj. 22. (Mon) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj. 24. (Wed) Gaura-navami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast until noon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon. 26. (Fri) Trisprsa Mahadvadasi. Fast. 27. (Sat) Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast 7:01-11:09 a.m. 30. (Tue) Purnima (full-moon). Rasayatra of Sri Balarama. Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of Srila Vamsivadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu. MADHUSUDAN APRIL 2010 3. (Sat) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna das Babaji Maharaj. 5. (Mon) Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram 9. (Fri) Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan das 10. (Sat) Break fast 6:40-10:59 a.m. Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu. 14. (Wed) Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit. PURUSHOTTAM 15. (Thu) Gaura-pratipad. 24. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Padmini Ekadasi. Fast. 25. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast 6:20-10:51 a.m. 28. (Wed) Purnima. 2 13. (Sun) Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanujacharyya. 14. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast. 15. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Varaha Dvadasi. Break fast 6:57-10:41 a.m. 16. (Wed) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Fast until noon. Festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham. 17. (Thu) Gaura-chaturdasi. Paran by 9:58 a.m. for those who fasted the previous day. 18. (Fri) Purnima. Appearance of Srila Narottama das Sri Krishna's Madhurotsava. GOVINDA 20. (Sun) Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premika Siddhanti Maharaj. 22. (Tue) Krishna-panchami. The 138th Divine Appearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Anniversary Festival of the installation of Sri Gupta- Govardhan Sri Mandir, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Disappearance of Srila Purushottam 23. (Wed) Krishna-sasthi. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. 27. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Vijaya Ekadasi. Fast. 28. (Mon) Break fast 6:41-10:27 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda das Adhikari. MARCH 2011 3. (Thu) Krishna-chaturdasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. (Optional fast.) 4. (Fri) Amavasya. Paran by 9:52 a.m. for those who fasted. Anniversary Festival of the installation of Sri Sadasiva Gangadhara, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. 5. (Sat) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Maharaj. 11
7. (Fri) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit. 14. (Fri) Gaura-dasami. Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas 15. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Putrada Ekadasi. Fast. 16. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast 7:21-10:39 a.m. Festival in remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyaslila. Appearance of Srila Jagadish Pandit. 19. (Wed) Purnima. Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. MADHAVA 22. (Sat) Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj. 23. (Sun) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Jadavendu Bhakti Chandan. 25. (Tue) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadeva Goswami Prabhu. 27. (Thu) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan das 29. (Sat) Sat-tila Ekadasi. Fast. 30. (Sun) Break fast 7:13-10:38 a.m. FEBRUARY 2011 4. (Fri) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurav Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri das Adhikari. 5. (Sat) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj. 8. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Sri Saraswati Puja. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath das Goswami, and Srila Raghunandana Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarupa Parvat Maharaj. 10. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharyya. 11. (Fri) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu. 12. (Sat) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhvacharyya. 10 MAY 2010 9. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Fast. 10. (Mon) Break fast 6:03-10:44 a.m. 14. (Fri) Amavasya. MADHUSUDAN (cont.) 15. (Sat) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj. 16. (Sun) Gaura-tritiya. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj. Beginning of 21 days Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya good day to start some works. 18. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharyya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj. 20. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga-puja). 22. (Sat) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi. 23. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. Mohini Ekadasi. Fast. 24. (Mon) Break fast 5:52-10:41 a.m. 27. (Thu) Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi: Appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa).sri Krishna's Phul-dola and Salil Bihar. Buddha Purnima: Appearance day of Lord Buddha. TRIVIKRAM 28. (Fri) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari das Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharyya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. JUNE 2010 2. (Wed) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Raya. 8. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Apara Ekadasi. Fast. 9. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast 5:47-8:12 a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das 12. (Sat) Amavasya. 3
13. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad. Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installation day festival. 14. (Mon) Gaura-dvitiya. Grand appearance of the Holy Deities Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridharijiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram in Santa Cruz. 16. (Wed) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu). 21. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja. Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu. 22. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Nirjala Ekadasi. Fast. (without water). 23. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast 5:48-10:43 a.m. 24. (Thu) Gaura-trayodasi. Grand Festival of Srila Raghunath das Goswami at Sripat Panihati. 26. (Sat) Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila Sridhar Pandit. Lunar eclipse. VAMAN 27. (Sun) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of Srila Shyamananda Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari. 28. (Mon) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri Gaurahari Bhakti-sampad. JULY 2010 1. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Appearance of Srila Vakresvara Pandit. 7. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Yogini Ekadasi. Fast. 8. (Thu) Break fast 5:55-10:47 a.m. 9. (Fri) Krishna-dvadasi. Disappearance of Sriyukta Rama Devi. 11. (Sun) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Solar eclipse. 12. (Mon) Gaura-pratipad. Gundicha Marjana: cleaning Gundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all Temples of the Lord. 4 3. (Fri) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Saranga 5. (Sun) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan. 11. (Sat) Gaura-sasthi and Oran-sasthi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Deities at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. 14. (Tue) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan das Babaji Maharaj. 15. (Wed) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. 16. (Thu) Gaura-ekadasi. Moksada Ekadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj. 17. (Fri) Break fast 7:16-10:28 a.m. 21. (Tue) Purnima. Lunar eclipse. NARAYAN 23. (Thu) Krishna-dvitiya. The Grand 82nd Appearance Day Celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Sevaite President Acharyya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 24. (Fri) Krishna-tritiya. Festivals at the appearance place of Srila B.S.Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadanghat festivals. 25. (Sat) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. 30. (Thu) Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. Fast. 31. (Fri) Break fast 8:22-10:35 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj. JANUARY 2011 1. (Sat) Krishna-dvadasi. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudeva Srauti Maharaj. 2. (Sun) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan das 5. (Wed) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan das 9
Anu Giriraj at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram in Sri Govardhan and Sri Gupta-Govardhan-puja festival at Sri Govinda Kunda in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip. Balidaityaraj-puja. 8. (Mon) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila Vasudev Ghosh Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sarvasva Giri Maharaj. Bhratri-dvitiya krityam (festival where brothers and sisters honour each other). 10. (Wed) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance festival of Visvarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad. 11. (Thu) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj. 14. (Sun) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sri Gadadhara das Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit and Srila Srinivas Acharyya Prabhu. Sri Gopastami, Sri Gosthastami, Go-puja and Go-gras dan. 17. (Wed) Vyanjuli Mahadvadasi. Fast. Disappearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Sri Srila Gaura Kisora das Babaji Maharaj. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaj. Sri Bhisma- Panchaka. 18. (Thu) Break fast 6:50-7:00 a.m. 20. (Sat) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Bhugarbha Goswami and Srila Kasisvar Pandit. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Promod Puri Maharaj. 21. (Sun) Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Sri Gauranga Sundar arrival and installation festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram in San Jose. Installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Gandharvva-Rasabiharijiu, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission, Sri Vrindavan. Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Appearance of Srila Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya and Niyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima day (as in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math). KESHAVA DECEMBER 2010 1. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Utpanna Ekadasi. Fast. 2. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast 7:04-10:20 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishna Das. 8 13. (Tue) Gaura-dvitiya. Rathayatra of Sri Jagannath Dev. Disappearance of Srila Svarup Damodar Goswami Prabhu. 16. (Fri) Gaura-panchami. Hera-panchami. Sri Sri Laksmi Vijay at Sri Puri Dham. 19. (Mon) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari. 21. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Sayana Ekadasi. Fast. Purna Yatra of Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival). Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj. Disappearance of Srimati Krishnamayi Devi. 22. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Break fast 6:04-10:51 a.m. 25. (Sun) Guru Purnima. Appearance of Srila Vyasadev. Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu. Beginning of Chaturmasya (when started on Purnima as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math). SRIDHAR 28. (Wed) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj. 31. (Sat) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu. AUGUST 2010 3. (Tue) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu. 6. (Fri) Trisprsa Mahadvadasi. Fast. 7. (Sat) Break fast 6:17-10:55 a.m. 10. (Tue) Amavasya. Disappearance of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottarasata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 13. (Fri) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamsi das Babaji Maharaj. 16. (Mon) Gaura-saptami. Disappearance of Sripad Ananga Mohan Das Adhikari. 18. (Wed) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Bhakti Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj. 19. (Thu) Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast. 20. (Fri) Break fast 7:46-10:57 a.m. Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda and start of the one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. 5
21. (Sat) Gaura-dvadasi. Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri das Pandit Goswami. 24. (Tue) Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast until noon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda. HRISHIKESH SEPTEMBER 2010 2. (Thu) Krishna-astami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmastami. Complete fast until midnight (then no grains). 3. (Fri) Krishna-dasami. Sri Nandotsava. Sri Janmastami paran by 9:31 a.m. Appearance of Visvavarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad. 4. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Annada Ekadasi. Fast. 5. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Break fast 6:42-10:58 a.m. 13. (Mon) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, the Consort of Sri Advaita Prabhu. 14. (Tue) Gaura-saptami. Sri Lalita-saptami. Appearance of Sri Lalita Devi. 15. (Wed) Gaura-astami. Sri Radhastami. Srimati Radharani's appearance at noon. Fast until noon. 18. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Parshvaikadasi. Vishnusrinkala-yoga. Fast. 19. (Sun) Break fast 6:53-10:59 a.m. 20. (Mon) Gaura-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva. Appearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu. 21. (Tue) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda 22. (Wed) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila Haridas 23. (Thu) Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava. End of month long festival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. PADMANABHA 25. (Sat) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj. OCTOBER 2010 3. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Indira Ekadasi. Fast. 4. (Mon) Break fast 7:06-11:00 a.m. 6 10. (Sun) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Sri Yukta Radharani Devi Chaudurani. 17. (Sun) Gaura-dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance of Sri Madhavacharyya. 18. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Pasankusa Ekadasi. Fast. 19. (Tue) Break fast 7:20-11:02 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Raghunath das Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and Srila Krishna das Kaviraj Goswami. 22. (Fri) Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata, Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata if begun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. DAMODAR 26. (Tue) Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj. 28. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottama das 29. (Fri) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj. 30. (Sat) Krishna-astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day of Sri Radha-kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. 31. (Sun) Krishna-navami. The Grand 116th Appearance Day Celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Founder President Acharyya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottarasata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu. Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan das Babaji Maharaj. NOVEMBER 2010 2. (Tue) Trisprsa Mahadvadasi. Fast. 3. (Wed) Break fast 7:35-11:06 a.m. Subha Vijay festival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu at Sripat Panihati. 5. (Fri) Krishna-chaturdasi. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs. 6. (Sat) Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (or candles) on Vishnu Mandirs. 7. (Sun) Gaura-pratipada. Go-puja (cow-worship) and Gokrida (the pleasure of the cows). Sri Govardhan-puja. Annakut Mahotsava: Grand festival and puja to Sri Sri 7