All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

Gaudiya VaishnavaCalendar

2009 – 2010Sri 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 AshramSanta Cruz, California

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

Gaudiya VaishnavaCalendar (2009 – 2010)

This calendar is based on the translation of the BengaliVaisnava Calendar, “Sri Gaudiya Parvva Talika,” compiled bySriyukta Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, M.Sc., B.T., Jyotibhushan,Headmaster.

Translated to English by Sripad Bhakti Nirmal AcharyyaMaharaj.

All dates and times listed here are calculated for Kolkata,India, as referred to at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, SriNabadwip Dham.

MARCH 2009

11. (Wed) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fastuntil moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at SriChaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of SriSri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. SriChaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Startof 524 Gaurabda year.

VISHNU

12. (Thu) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:48 a.m. Anandotsavof Sri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long year-ly meeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festi-val.16. (Mon) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the AppearancePlace of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj,Sripat Hapaniya: Grand Appearance of the Holy Deitiesof Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Gopinathjiu at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram.

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Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saran SantaMaharaj. Pancham dol.19. (Thu) Krishna-astami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.20. (Fri) Krishna-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu Goswami Maharaj22. (Sun) Unmilani Mahadvadasi. Fast.23. (Mon) Paran between 7:06 and 8:41 a.m. Festival ofSriman Mahaprabhu’s auspicious arrival at Varahanagar.Disappearance of Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Disappearanceof Sripad Satyendra Chandra Bhattacharyya.31. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of SripadRamanujacharyya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti HridayaBon Maharaj.

APRIL 2009

2. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj.4. (Sat) Gaura-dasami. Sri Rama-navami. Fast untilnoon. Appearance of Sri Ramachandra. Appearance at noon.5. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. Kamada Ekadasi. Fast.6. (Mon) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 6:46 and 11:02 a.m.9. (Thu) Purnima (full-moon). Rasayatra of Sri Balarama.Vasanta rasa of Sri Krishna. Appearance of SrilaVamsivadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda Prabhu.

MADHUSUDAN

14. (Tue) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of SripadKrishna das Babaji Maharaj.16. (Thu) Krishna-saptami. Disappearance of Srila AbhiramThakur.20. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Varuthini Ekadasi. Fast.Disappearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.21. (Tue) Paran between 6:32 and 10:53 a.m. Disappearanceof Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.25. (Sat) Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhara Pandit.26. (Sun) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.27. (Mon) Gaura-dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj. Beginning of 21 days

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Chandanyatra of Sri Sri Jagannath Dev. Aksaya-tritiya goodday to start some works.29. (Wed) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of SripadSankaracharyya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami SrimadBhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.

MAY 2009

1. (Fri) Gaura-saptami. Jahnu-saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (SriGanga-puja).3. (Sun) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Sri Nityananda-sakti,Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-sakti, Sri Sita Devi.4. (Mon) Gaura-ekadasi. Mohini Ekadasi. Fast.5. (Tue) Paran between 6:08 and 10:46 a.m.8. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Sri Nrsimha-chaturdasi:Appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadev. Full fast until aftersunset, then no grains (anukalpa).9. (Sat) Purnima. Sri Krishna’s Phul-dola and Salil Bihar.Disappearance of Srila Parameshwari das Thakur. Appearanceof Srila Srinivas Acharyya. Buddha Purnima: Appearance dayof Lord Buddha.

TRIVIKRAM

10. (Sun) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.14. (Thu) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of SrilaRamananda Raya.20. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Apara Ekadasi. Fast.21. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 5:54 and 10:41a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavana das Thakur.24. (Sun) Amavasya.25. (Mon) Gaura-pratipad. Sree Chaitanya SaraswataKrishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Calcutta: SriSri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Madana-Mohanjiu installa-tion day festival.26. (Tue) Gaura-dvitiya. Grand appearance of the HolyDeities Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharvika Giridharijiuat Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram in Santa Cruz.28. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila BhaktiGaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda VidyaratnaPrabhu).

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JUNE 2009

2. (Tue) Gaura-dasami. Dasahara. Sri Ganga Puja.Appearance of Sri Ganga Mata Goswamini. Disappearance ofSrila Baladeva Vidyabhusan Prabhu.3. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Nirjala Ekadasi. Fast. (withoutwater).4. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 5:58 and 7:06 a.m.5. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi. Grand Festival of Srila Raghunathdas Goswami at Sripat Panihati.7. (Sun) Purnima. Snan Yatra (bathing) of Sri Jagannath Dev.Disappearance of Srila Mukunda Datta and Srila SridharPandit.

VAMAN

8. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Disappearance of SrilaShyamananda Prabhu and Sripad Rishabdev Das Adhikari.9. (Tue) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Sri GaurahariBhakti-sampad.13. (Sat) Krishna-panchami. Appearance of Srila VakresvaraPandit.18. (Thu) Krishna-ekadasi. Yogini Ekadasi. Fast.19. (Fri) Paran between 6:23 and 10:42 a.m. Disappearanceof Sriyukta Rama Devi.22. (Mon) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila GadadharaPandit and Srila Sachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.23. (Tue) Gaura-pratipad. Gundicha Marjana: cleaningGundicha Temple at Sri Puri Dham, and cleaning all Templesof the Lord.24. (Wed) Gaura-dvitiya. Rathayatra of Sri JagannathDev. Disappearance of Srila Swarupa Damodara GoswamiPrabhu.27. (Sat) Gaura-panchami. Hera-panchami. Sri Sri LaksmiVijay at Sri Puri Dham.30. (Tue) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad AjitaKrishna Brahmachari.

JULY 2009

2. (Thu) Gaura-ekadasi. Sayan Ekadasi. Fast. Purna Yatraof Sri Jagannath Dev (Return car festival). Disappearance of

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Tridandi Swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.Disappearance of Srimati Krishnamayi Devi.3. (Fri) Paran between 5:52 and 10:45 a.m.7. (Tue) Guru Purnima. Appearance of Srila Vyasadev.Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami Prabhu. Beginningof Chaturmasya (when started on Purnima as followed in SriChaitanya Saraswat Math).

SRIDHAR

9. (Thu) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.12. (Sun) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila GopalBhatta Goswami Prabhu.15. (Wed) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila LokanathGoswami Prabhu.18. (Sat) Krishna-ekadasi. Kamika Ekadasi. Fast.19. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:02 and 6:20a.m.22. (Wed) Amavasya. Disappearance of Om VishnupadParamahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-GoswamiMaharaj.25. (Sat) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance of Srila Vamsi dasBabaji Maharaj.28. (Tue) Gaura-saptami. Disappearance of Sripad AnangaMohan Das Adhikari.30. (Thu) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiBhakti Prasun Bodhayan Maharaj.

AUGUST 2009

1. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Pavitraropani Ekadasi. Fast.Beginning of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda and startof the one month festival of Sri Hari Smaran atNabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.2. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 6:13 and 10:25 a.m.Disappearance of Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Gauri dasPandit Goswami.5. (Wed) Purnima. Appearance of Sri Baladeva. Fast untilnoon. End of Jhulan Yatra of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

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HRISHIKESH

14. (Fri) Krishna-astami. Sri Sri Krishna Janmastami.Complete fast until midnight (then no grains).15. (Sat) Krishna-navami. Sri Nandotsava. Appearance ofVisvavarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad BhaktivedantaSwami Maharaj Prabhupad.16. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Annada Ekadasi. Fast.17. (Mon) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:26 and 10:57a.m.25. (Tue) Gaura-panchami. Appearance of Sri Sita Devi, theConsort of Sri Advaita Prabhu.27. (Thu) Gaura-saptami. Sri Lalita-saptami. Appearanceof Sri Lalita Devi.28. (Fri) Gaura-astami. Sri Radhastami. SrimatiRadharani’s appearance at noon. Fast until noon.30. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. Parshvaika Ekadasi. Fast.31. (Mon) Paran between 7:09 and 10:58 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 2009

1. (Tue) Gaura-dvadasi. Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva.Appearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu.2. (Wed) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of SrilaSachchidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakur.3. (Thu) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of SrilaHaridas Thakur.4. (Fri) Purnima. Visvarupa Mahotsava. End of month longfestival at Nabadwip, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.

PADMANABHA

6. (Sun) Krishna-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Goswami Maharaj.14. (Mon) Krishna-ekadasi. Indira Ekadasi. Fast.15. (Tue) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:50 and 10:59a.m.21. (Mon) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Sri YuktaRadharani Devi Chaudurani.28. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Vijay Utsav of Sri Ramachandra.Appearance of Sri Madhavacharyya.

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29. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Pasankosa Ekadasi. Fast.30. (Wed) Paran between 7:03 and 10:59 a.m.

OCTOBER 2009

1. (Thu) Gaura-dvadasi. Disappearance of Srila Raghunathdas Goswami, Srila Raghunath Bhatta Goswami and SrilaKrishna das Kaviraj Goswami.4. (Sun) Purnima. Saradiya Rasa Yatra of Sri Krishna.Disappearance of Srila Murari Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata,Damodara-vrata, Karttika-vrata or Niyamaseva-vrata ifbegun from the purnima day, as followed in Sri ChaitanyaSaraswat Math.

DAMODAR

7. (Wed) Krishna-tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Srirupa Puri Maharaj.9. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Disappearance of Srila Narottamadas Thakur.10. (Sat) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila BhaktiVichar Jajavar Maharaj.11. (Sun) Krishna-astami. Bahulastami. Manifestation day ofSri Radha-kunda. Sannyas day of Srila Bhakti SundarGovinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.12. (Mon) Krishna-navami. The Grand 115th AppearanceDay Celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math’sFounder President Acharyya, Om VishnupadParamahamsa Parivrajakacharyya-varyya Astottara-sata Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-GoswamiMaharaj. Appearance of Srila Virachandra Prabhu.Disappearance of Sripad Sakhicharan das Babaji Maharaj.14. (Wed) Krishna-ekadasi. Rama Ekadasi. Fast.15. (Thu) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 7:16 and 11:01a.m. Subha Vijay festival of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu atSripat Panihati.17. (Sat) Krishna-chaturdasi. Offering and placing lamps (orcandles) on Vishnu Mandirs.18. (Sun) Amavasya. Dipavali. Offering and placing lamps (orcandles) on Vishnu Mandirs.19. (Mon) Gaura-pratipada. Go-puja (cow-worship) and Go-krida (the pleasure of the cows). Sri Govardhan-puja.

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Annakut Mahotsava: Grand festival and puja to Sri SriAnu Giriraj at Srila Sridhar Swami Sevashram in SriGovardhan and Sri Gupta-Govardhan-puja festival atSri Govinda Kunda in Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math,Nabadwip. Balidaityaraj-puja.20. (Tue) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Srila VasudevGhosh Thakur. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami SrimadBhakti Sarvasva Giri Maharaj. Bhratri-dvitiya krityam (festivalwhere brothers and sisters honour each other).22. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi. Disappearance festival ofVisvarenya Tridandi Swami Srimad BhaktivedantaSwami Maharaj Prabhupad.23. (Fri) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.26. (Mon) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sri Gadadharadas Goswami, Srila Dhananjaya Pandit and Srila SrinivasAcharyya Prabhu. Sri Gopastami, Sri Gosthastami, Go-pujaand Go-gras dan.29. (Thu) Gaura-ekadasi. Sri Utthana Ekadasi. Fast.Disappearance of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa SriSrila Gaura Kisora das Babaji Maharaj. Appearance ofTridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhava GoswamiMaharaj. Sri Bhisma-Panchaka.30. (Fri) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 7:31 and 11:05 a.m.

NOVEMBER 2009

1. (Sun) Gaura-chaturdasi. Disappearance of Srila BhugarbhaGoswami and Srila Kasisvar Pandit. Disappearance of TridandiSwami Sripad Bhakti Promod Puri Maharaj.2. (Mon) Purnima. Rasayatra of Sri Krishna. Sri GaurangaSundar arrival and installation festival at Sri ChaitanyaSaraswat Seva Ashram in San Jose. Installation anniver-sary of Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Gandharvva-Rasabiharijiu, SriChaitanya Saraswat Math and Mission, Sri Vrindavan.Disappearance of Srila Sundarananda Thakur. Appearance ofSrila Nimbarka Acharyya. End of Chaturmasya andNiyamaseva vratas when began from the Purnima day (as inSri Chaitanya Saraswat Math).

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KESHAVA

12. (Thu) Krishna-ekadasi. Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi.13. (Fri) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 6:45 and 10:10a.m. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and SrilaKaliya Krishna Das.14. (Sat) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila SarangaThakur.16. (Mon) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila JagabandhuBhakti Ranjan.23. (Mon) Gaura-sasthi and Oran-sasthi. Grand festival forhonouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-ChaitanyaDeities at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.25. (Wed) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudandas Babaji Maharaj.26. (Thu) Gaura-navami. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.27. (Fri) Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.28. (Sat) Gaura-ekadasi. Moksada Ekadasi. Fast.29. (Sun) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 7:02 and 10:18a.m.

DECEMBER 2009

NARAYAN

4. (Fri) Krishna-dvitiya. The Grand 81st Appearance DayCelebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math’s SevaitePresident Acharyya, Om Vishnupad ParamahamsaParivrajakacharyya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar GovindaDev-Goswami Maharaj.5. (Sat) Krishna-tritiya. Festivals at the appearance place ofSrila B.S.Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth pas-times place: Bamunpara and Nadanghat festivals.6. (Sun) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance festival of thefounder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide SriGaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila BhaktisiddhantaSaraswati Goswami Prabhupad.11. (Fri) Krishna-ekadasi. Saphala Ekadasi. Fast.12. (Sat) Paran between 7:13 and 10:25 a.m. Disappearanceof Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash AranyaMaharaj.

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13. (Sun) Krishna-dvadasi. Disappearance of Sripad BhaktiBhudeva Srauti Maharaj.14. (Mon) Krishna-trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila MaheshPandit and Srila Uddharan das Thakur.17. (Thu) Gaura-pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan dasThakur.19. (Sat) Gaura-tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva GoswamiPrabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.27. (Sun) Gaura-ekadasi. Putrada Ekadasi. Fast.28. (Mon) Gaura-dvadasi. Paran between 7:21 and 10:33a.m.29. (Tue) Appearance of Srila Jagadish Pandit.31. (Thu) Purnima. Pusyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna.

JANUARY 2010

MADHAVA

3. (Sun) Krishna-tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal BhattaGoswami Prabhu. Disappearance of Srila RamachandraKaviraj.4. (Mon) Krishna-chaturthi. Disappearance of SripadJadavendu Bhakti Chandan.6. (Wed) Krishna-sasthi. Disappearance of Srila JayadevaGoswami Prabhu.8. (Fri) Krishna-astami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan dasThakur.10. (Sun) Krishna-ekadasi. Sat-tila Ekadasi. Fast.11. (Mon) Paran between 7:22 and 10:38 a.m.13. (Wed) Krishna-trayodasi. Sriman Mahaprabhu leavesNabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.15. (Fri) Amavasya. Festival in remembrance of SrimanMahaprabhu’s sannyas-lila.16. (Sat) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Gaurav Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance ofSri Haripada Chaudhuri das Adhikari.17. (Sun) Gaura-dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.20. (Wed) Gaura-panchami. Sri Krishna VasantaPanchami. Sri Saraswati Puja. Appearance day of SriVishnu Priya Devi. Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi,

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Srila Raghunath das Goswami, and Srila RaghunandanaThakur. Disappearance of Srila Viswanath Chakravarti Thakur,Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj andTridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarupa Parvat Maharaj.22. (Fri) Gaura-saptami. Appearance of MahavishnuAvatar, Sri Advaita Acharyya.23. (Sat) Gaura-astami. Disappearance of Sripad VirendraKrishna Prabhu.24. (Sun) Gaura-navami. Disappearance of SrilaMadhvacharyya.25. (Mon) Gaura-dasami. Disappearance of SrilaRamanujacharyya.26. (Tue) Gaura-ekadasi. Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast.27. (Wed) Gaura-dvadasi. Varaha Dvadasi. Paran between7:15 and 8:42 a.m.28. (Thu) Gaura-trayodasi. Appearance of Sri NityanandaPrabhu. Fast until noon. Festival at Sri ChaitanyaSaraswat Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham.29. (Fri) Gaura-chaturdasi. Paran by 10:00 a.m. for thosewho fasted the previous day.30. (Sat) Purnima. Appearance of Srila Narottama dasThakur. Sri Krishna’s Madhurotsava.

FEBRUARY 2010

GOVINDA

3. (Wed) Krishna-panchami. The 137th DivineAppearance festival of the founder of the Sri ChaitanyaMath and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan SriSrila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.Anniversary Festival of the installation of Sri Gupta-Govardhan Sri Mandir, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip.Disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur.4. (Thu) Krishna-sasthi. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.9. (Tue) Krishna-ekadasi. Vijaya Ekadasi. Fast.Disappearance of Sripad Krishna Govinda das Adhikari.10. (Wed) Krishna-dvadasi. Paran between 7:02 and 10:36a.m.12. (Fri) Krishna-chaturdasi. Sri Sri Shivaratri. (Optionalfast.)

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13. (Sat) Amavasya. Paran by 9:59 a.m. for those whofasted. Anniversary Festival of the installation of SriSadasiva Gangadhara, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip.15. (Mon) Gaura-pratipad. Disappearance of VaishnavaSarvabhauma Srila Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj, SrilaRasikananda Dev Goswami and Tridandi Swami Srimad BhaktiDayita Madhava Maharaj.17. (Wed) Gaura-tritiya. Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga-Radha-Ramanasundarjiu installation anniversary festival, atSree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha,Kaikhali, Kolkata.18. (Thu) Gaura-chaturthi. Appearance of Srila PurusottamaThakur. Disappearance of Sripad Tulasidas DasadhikariPrabhu.19. (Fri) Gaura-panchami. Disappearance of SrimatiTarangini Devi.23. (Tue) Gaura-navami. Adhivas Festival of SriNabadwip Dham Parikrama. Beginning of annual sevenday festival.24. (Wed) Gaura-ekadasi. Amlaki Ekadasi. Fast. SriNabadwip Dham Parikrama begins. Parikrama of SriIshodyan, Sri Yogapitha (Sriman Mahaprabhu’s AppearancePlace), Srivas Angan, Sri Nrisimha Mandir, Sri AdvaitaBhavan, Murari Gupta Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, AcharyyaChatustya Samanita, Sri Sri Gandharvika Giridhari and SriMahaprabhu Mandir, Srila Prabhupad’s Samadhi Mandir, SrilaGaura Kishora das Babaji Maharaj’s Samadhi Prabriti, Sri KaziSamadhi, Sharadanga Sri Jagannath Mandir, Sridhar Anganand Sri Simantadvip, Sri Rudradvip, Sri Antardvip.25. (Thu) Paran between 6:44 and 10:29 a.m.Disappearance of Srila Madhavendra Puri. Parikrama ofPraudhamaya, Briddha Shiva, Sri Vishnupriya’s own Deity ofSri Gauranga, Sri Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj’s SamadhiMandir, Koladvip, etc.26. (Fri) Gaura-trayodasi. Parikrama of Sri Godruma andMadhyadvip, Sri Surabhikunj, Suvarna Bihar Math, SriNrisimha Palli, Sri Harihara Ksetra, and other places.27. (Sat) Gaura-chaturdasi. Adhivas observance ceremony ofthe Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Parikrama of Sri Koladvip, SriRitudvip, Sri Jahnudvip, Sri Modadrumadvip, etc., Old SriGaura-Gadadhar Mandir, Vidyanagar Sarvabhauma GaudiyaMath, Sri Vrindavan das Thakur’s Appearance Place, and theDeity served by Sri Saranga Murari and Vasudeva Datta Thakur.

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28. (Sun) Sri Gauravirbhava Paurnamasi. Sri Gaura-Purnima. Divine Appearance of Sri Gauranga. Total fastuntil moonrise, then no grains. Grand Festival at SriChaitanya Saraswat Math. Vasantotsav and Dolyatra of SriSri Radha-Govinda. Special offering of worship and arati. SriChaitanya-charitamrita reading and Maha-Sankirttana. Startof 524 Gaurabda year.

MARCH 2010

VISHNU

1. (Mon) Krishna-pratipad. Paran by 9:53 a.m. Anandotsav ofSri Jagannath Misra. Last gathering of the week-long yearlymeeting at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and yearly festival.5. (Fri) Krishna-panchami. Festival at the Appearance Placeof Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, SripatHapaniya: Grand Appearance of the Holy Deities of SripatHapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu at SriChaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of Tridandi SwamiSrimad Bhakti Saran Shanta Maharaj.

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