VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2016-2017 (Gourabda 529-530) Month Date Event Breaking Fast Mar 2016 Thu 24th Festival of Jagannath Misra Mon 4th Next day after Sunrise Thu 14th Beginning of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana Fri 15th Sri Rama Navami Fasting Till Sunset Apr 2016 Sun 17th Next day after Sunrise Thu 21st Their Lordships' 19th Brahmotsava celebrations begin (in Bangalore) - Dhvaja Arohana Sat 30th Brahma Ratha Mon 2nd Brahmotsava celebrations end (in Bangalore) - Dhvaja Avarohana Tue 3rd Next day after Sunrise Mon 9th Akshaya Tritiya Sat 14th End of Salagrama & Tulasi Jala Dana May 2016 Jun 2016 Tue 17th Next day after Sunrise Tue 17th Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha begins (in Bangalore) Thu 19th Chandan Yatra of Sri Prahlada Narasimha ends (in Bangalore) Fri 20th Narasimha Chaturdashi: Fasting till dusk Appearance of Lord Narasimhadeva Tue 31st Hanuman Jayanti (in Bangalore) Wed 1st Next day after Sunrise Thu 16th Next day after Sunrise Sat 18th Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava Mon 20th Jagannatha Snana Yatra Fri 1st Next day after Sunrise Mon 4th Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Wed 6th Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra Jul 2016 Tue 12th Sudarshana Jayanti in Iskcon, VK hill Founding Day (As per the Founding Document: Wed 13th CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF ISKCON) Thu 14th Jagannatha Puri Bahuda Ratha Yatra Fri 15th Next day after Sunrise Tue 19th First month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from Shak (green leafy vegetables) for one month Sat 30th Next day after Sunrise
Sun 7th Sat 13th Garuda Panchami (in Bangalore) Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion begins (as per Jaladuta Diary ) Sun 14th and Jhulan Yatra begins Next day after Sunrise Aug 2016 Thu 18th Thu 18th Thu 25th Balarama Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Balarama Jhulan Yatra ends Second month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from yogurt for one month. Sri Krishna Janmashtami: Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna Fasting till midnight Fri 26th Sri Vyasa Puja: Appearance of Srila Prabhupada Sun 28th Next day after Sunrise Sun 28th Srila Prabhupada's Vyas-Puja Smaranam (for Bangalore only) Fri 9th Radhashtami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani today Tue 13th in addition to regular fasting. Next day Feast after Sunrise Sep 2016 Oct 2016 Wed 14th Vamana Jayanthi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva Fasting observed the previous day till noon Thu 15th Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Appearance Fri 16th Mon 19th Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada (Srila Prabhupada sannyasa smarana) Third month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from milk for one month. Jaladuta's Voyage of Compassion ends (as per Jaladuta Diary ) Mon 26th Next day after Sunrise Tue 11th Dusshera Festival (in Mysore) Wed 12th Next day after Sunrise Sun 16th Fourth month of Chaturmasya begins. Fasting from Urad dal for one month. KARTHIKA MONTH BEGINS DEEPOTSAVA BEGINS (in Bangalore) Wed 26th Next day after Sunrise Mon 31st Govardhana Puja, Go Puja
Fri 4th Srila Prabhupada - today Fri 11th Srila Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji - in addition to regular fasting. Next Nov 2016 day Feast after Sunrise Mon 14th Chaturmasya ends. KARTHIKA MONTH ENDS DEEPOTSAVA ENDS (in Bangalore) Dec 2016 Tue 22nd Srila Prabhupada Diksha Day Fri 25th Next day after Sunrise Sat 10th Next day after Sunrise Gita Jayanthi Sat 17th Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Sat 24th Next day after Sunrise Jan 2017 Mon 9th Vaikuntha Next day after Sunrise Mon 23rd Next day after Sunrise Fri 3rd Sri Advaita Acharya - Appearance today Tue 7th in addition to regular fasting. Next day Feast after Sunrise Feb 2017 Wed 8th Sri Varahadeva - Appearance Fasting observed the previous day till noon Thu 9th Nityananda Trayodashi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu Wed 15th Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura - Appearance Wed 22nd Next day after Sunrise Mar 2017 Wed 8th Next day after Sunrise Sun 12th Sri Gaura Poornima: Appearance of Sri Chaitanya Fasting till Moonrise Mahaprabhu
VAISHNAVA CALENDAR 2016-2017 (Gourabda 529-530) Other Important Dates and Events Month Date Event Apr-16 May-16 Fri 1st Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Appearance Mon 11th Sri Ramanujacarya -- Appearance Sri Vamsivadana Thakura -- Appearance Fri 22nd Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Appearance Fri 29th Sri Abhirama Thakura -- Mon 2nd Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Fri 6th Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Appearance Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) -- Appearance Sun 15th Sri Madhu Pandita -- Srimati Jahnava Devi -- Appearance Thu 19th Sri Jayananda Prabhu -- Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura -- Jun-16 Sat 21st Fri 27th Thu 2nd Tue 14th Mon 20th Tue 21st Sat 25th Thu 30th Mon 4th Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji -- Appearance Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Appearance Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Appearance Sri Ramananda Raya -- Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -- Ganga Puja Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini -- Appearance Sri Mukunda Datta -- Sri Sridhara Pandita -- Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Appearance Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Jul-16 Wed 6th Sun 10th Tue 19th Sun 24th Wed 27th Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami -- Sri Sivananda Sena -- Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra) Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Srila Sanatana Gosvami -- Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Srila Lokanatha Gosvami --
Aug-16 Sep-16 Sat 6th Mon 15th Tue 6th Wed 14th Thu 15th Tue 11th Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Sri Vamsidasa Babaji -- Srila Rupa Gosvami -- Sri Gauridasa Pandita -- Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita's consort) -- Appearance Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Appearance Srila Haridasa Thakura -- Sri Madhvacarya -- Appearance Oct-16 Thu 13th Sun 16th Thu 20th Sun 23rd Mon 24th Mon 31st Tue 1st Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami -- Sri Murari Gupta -- Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance of Radha Kunda, snana dana Bahulastami Sri Virabhadra -- Appearance Sri Rasikananda -- Appearance Sri Vasudeva Ghosh -- Nov-16 Dec-16 Tue 8th Sun 13th Mon 14th Thu 24th Sat 26th Sun 27th Sat 10th Sat 24th Mon 26th Fri 30th Gopastami, Gosthastami Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami -- Sri Dhananjaya Pandita -- Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami -- Sri Kasisvara Pandita -- Sri Krsna Rasayatra Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage) Sri Nimbarkacarya -- Appearance Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura -- Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa -- Sri Saranga Thakura -- Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita Sri Devananda Pandita -- Sri Mahesa Pandita -- Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura -- Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
Jan-17 Feb-17 Sun 1st Mon 9th Tue 17th Wed 18th Thu 19th Wed 1st Sun 5th Mon 6th Sat 11th Wed 15th Thu 23rd Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Appearance Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja -- Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Appearance Sri Jayadeva Gosvami -- Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Srimati Visnupriya Devi -- Appearance Sarasvati Puja Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura -- Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi -- Appearance Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Appearance Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Appearance Sri Madhvacarya -- Sri Ramanujacarya -- Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Sri Purusottama Das Thakura -- Sri Isvara Puri -- Mar-17 Mon 27th Thu 2nd Thu 9th Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji -- Sri Rasikananda -- Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance Sri Madhavendra Puri --