Vaisnava Calendar 2012 - 2013 - Atlanta, GA
Calendar 1 Feb 2010
February 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Navami
Sri Madhvacarya -- Disappearance
2
Dasami
Sri Ramanujacarya -- Disappearance
3
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi;
(Fast till noon for Varahadeva)
4
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:32-11:05
;
Varaha Dvadasi:
Appearance of Lord Varahadeva;
(Fasting is done yesterday)
5
Trayodasi
Nityananda Trayodasi:
Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu;
(Fast till noon)
6
Caturdasi
7
Purnima
Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava; Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
8
Pratipat
[Govinda Masa]
9
Dvitiya
10
Tritiya
11
Caturthi
12
Sasti
Sri Purusottama Das Thakura --
Disappearance;
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Thakura -- Appearance
(fast till noon)
13
Saptami
Kumbha Sankranti
14
Astami
15
Navami
16
Dasami
17
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi
18
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:19-11:00
; Sri Isvara Puri -- Disappearance
19
Trayodasi
20
Caturdasi
Siva Ratri
21
Amavasya
22
Pratipat
Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji -- Disappearance; Sri Rasikananda --
Disappearance
23
Dvitiya
24
Tritiya
25
Caturthi
Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
26
Pancami
27
Sasti
28
Saptami
29
Saptami
March 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Astami
2
Navami
3
Dasami
4
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Amalaki vrata Ekadasi
5
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:00-10:52
; Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Disappearance
6
Trayodasi
7
Caturdasi
8
Pratipat
Gaura Purnima:
Appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu ;
(Fast till moonrise)
[Visnu Masa]
9
Dvitiya
Festival of Jagannatha Misra
10
Tritiya
11
Caturthi
12
Pancami
13
Sasti
14
Saptami
15
Astami
Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Appearance
Mina Sankranti
16
Navami
17
Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting)
18
Dvadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi; Sri Govinda Ghosh -- Disappearance
19
Trayodasi
Break fast 07:41-11:44
20
Trayodasi
21
Caturdasi
22
Amavasya
23
Pratipat
24
Dvitiya
25
Tritiya
26
Caturthi
27
Pancami
Sri Ramanujacarya -- Appearance
28
Sasti
29
Saptami
30
Astami
31
Navami
Rama Navami: Appearance of Lord Sri Ramacandra;
(Fast till sunset)
April 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Dasami
2
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Kamada Ekadasi
3
Dvadasi
Break fast 08:23-11:34
; Damanakaropana Dvadasi
4
Trayodasi
5
Caturdasi
6
Purnima
Sri Balarama Rasayatra; Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa; Sri Vamsivadana Thakura --
Appearance; Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Appearance
7
Pratipat
[Madhusudana Masa]
8
Dvitiya
9
Caturthi
10
Pancami
11
Sasti
12
Saptami
Sri Abhirama Thakura -- Disappearance
13
Astami
14
Navami
Tulasi Jala Dan begins.
Mesa Sankranti
15
Dasami
Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance
16
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi
17
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:03-11:26
18
Trayodasi
19
Caturdasi
20
Amavasya
Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Appearance
21
Pratipat
22
Dvitiya
23
Dvitiya
24
Tritiya
Aksaya Trtiya. Candana Yatra starts. (Continues for 21 days)
25
Caturthi
26
Pancami
27
Sasti
28
Saptami
Jahnu Saptami
29
Astami
30
Navami
Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama)
-- Appearance; Sri Madhu Pandita
-- Disappearance;
Srimati Jahnava Devi -- Appearance
May 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Dasami
2
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Mohini Ekadasi
3
Dvadasi
Break fast 06:46-10:25
; Rukmini Dvadasi
4
Trayodasi
Sri Jayananda Prabhu -- Disappearance
5
Purnima
Nrsimha Caturdasi:
Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva;
(Fast till dusk);
Krsna Phula
Dola, Salila Vihara; Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance; Sri Sri
Radha-Ramana Devaji -- Appearance; Sri Madhavendra Puri -- Appearance; Sri
Srinivasa Acarya -- Appearance
6
Pratipat
[Trivikrama Masa]
7
Dvitiya
8
Tritiya
9
Caturthi
10
Pancami
Sri Ramananda Raya -- Disappearance
11
Saptami
12
Astami
13
Navami
14
Navami
Tulasi Jala Dan ends.
15
Dasami
Vrsabha Sankranti
16
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Apara Ekadasi
17
Dvadasi
Break fast 06:34-11:14
; Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
18
Trayodasi
19
Caturdasi
20
Amavasya
21
Pratipat
22
Dvitiya
23
Tritiya
24
Caturthi
25
Pancami
26
Sasti
27
Saptami
28
Astami
29
Navami
30
Dasami
Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana -- Disappearance; Ganga Puja; Srimati Gangamata
Gosvamini -- Appearance
31
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi; (Total fast, even from water, if you
have broken Ekadasi)
June 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Dvadasi
Break fast 06:27-11:13
2
Trayodasi
Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava
3
Caturdasi
4
Purnima
Snana Yatra; Sri Mukunda Datta -- Disappearance; Sri Sridhara Pandita --
Disappearance
5
Dvitiya
Sri Syamananda Prabhu -- Disappearance
[Vamana Masa]
6
Tritiya
7
Caturthi
8
Pancami
Sri Vakresvara Pandita -- Appearance
9
Sasti
10
Saptami
11
Astami
12
Navami
13
Dasami
Sri Srivasa Pandita -- Disappearance
14
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Yogini Ekadasi
15
Dvadasi
Break fast 08:18-11:14
Mithuna Sankranti
16
Trayodasi
17
Trayodasi
18
Caturdasi
19
Amavasya
Sri Gadadhara Pandita -- Disappearance;
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura -- Disappearance
20
Pratipat
Gundica Marjana
21
Dvitiya
Ratha Yatra; Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami -- Disappearance; Sri Sivananda
Sena -- Disappearance
22
Tritiya
23
Caturthi
24
Pancami
25
Sasti
Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra); Sri Vakresvara Pandita --
Disappearance
26
Saptami
27
Astami
28
Navami
29
Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting)
Return Ratha (8 days after Ratha Yatra)
30
Dvadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Sayana Ekadasi
July 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Trayodasi
Break fast 06:30-11:17
2
Caturdasi
3
Purnima
Guru (Vyasa) Purnima; Srila Sanatana Gosvami -- Disappearance
4
Pratipat
[Sridhara Masa]
5
Dvitiya
6
Tritiya
7
Caturthi
8
Pancami
Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami -- Disappearance
9
Sasti
10
Saptami
11
Astami
Srila Lokanatha Gosvami -- Disappearance
12
Navami
The incorporation of ISKCON in New York
13
Dasami
14
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi
15
Dvadasi
Break fast 06:38-11:21
16
Trayodasi
17
Caturdasi
Karka Sankranti
18
Amavasya
19
Pratipat
20
Dvitiya
21
Tritiya
22
Caturthi
Sri Raghunandana Thakura -- Disappearance; Sri Vamsidasa Babaji --
Disappearance
23
Pancami
24
Sasti
25
Saptami
26
Astami
27
Navami
28
Dasami
29
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Trisprsa Mahadvadasi; Fasting for Pavitropana Ekadasi; Radha Govinda Jhulana
Yatra begins
30
Trayodasi
Break fast 06:48-11:25
; Srila Rupa Gosvami -- Disappearance; Sri Gauridasa Pandita -- Disappearance
31
Caturdasi
August 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Purnima
Jhulana Yatra ends; Lord Balarama -- Appearance; (Fast today)
2
Pratipat
Srila Prabhupada's departure for the USA
[Hrsikesa Masa]
3
Dvitiya
4
Tritiya
5
Caturthi
6
Pancami
7
Sasti
8
Saptami
9
Astami
Sri Krsna Janmastami: Appearance of Lord Sri Krsna; (Fast today)
10
Navami
Nandotsava; Srila Prabhupada -- Appearance
11
Dasami
12
Dasami
13
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Annada Ekadasi
14
Dvadasi
Break fast 06:59-11:27
15
Trayodasi
16
Caturdasi
17
Amavasya
Simha Sankranti
18
Pratipat
[Purusottama-adhika Masa]
19
Dvitiya
20
Tritiya
21
Pancami
22
Sasti
23
Saptami
24
Astami
25
Navami
26
Dasami
27
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Padmini Ekadasi
28
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:08-11:28
29
Trayodasi
30
Caturdasi
31
Purnima
September 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Pratipat
2
Dvitiya
3
Tritiya
4
Caturthi
5
Pancami
6
Sasti
7
Saptami
8
Astami
9
Navami
10
Dasami
11
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Parama Ekadasi
12
Dvadasi
Break fast 08:34-11:28
13
Trayodasi
14
Caturdasi
15
Amavasya
16
Pratipat
[Hrsikesa Masa]
17
Dvitiya
Kanya Sankranti
18
Tritiya
19
Caturthi
20
Pancami
Srimati Sita Thakurani (Sri Advaita's consort) -- Appearance
21
Saptami
Lalita sasti
22
Astami
Radhastami: Appearance of Srimati Radharani
23
Navami
24
Dasami
25
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Parsva Ekadasi; (Fast today for Vamanadeva)
26
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:28-11:28
; Sri Vamana Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Vamanadeva ; (Fasting is done
yesterday); Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Appearance
27
Trayodasi
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura -- Appearance
28
Caturdasi
Ananta Caturdasi Vrata; Srila Haridasa Thakura -- Disappearance
29
Purnima
Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava; Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada
30
Pratipat
[Padmanabha Masa]
October 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Dvitiya
2
Tritiya
3
Caturthi
4
Pancami
5
Pancami
6
Sasti
7
Saptami
Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the USA
8
Astami
9
Navami
10
Dasami
11
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Indira Ekadasi
12
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:40-11:29
13
Trayodasi
14
Caturdasi
15
Amavasya
16
Dvitiya
17
Tritiya
18
Caturthi
Tula Sankranti
19
Pancami
20
Sasti
21
Saptami
Durga Puja
22
Astami
23
Navami
24
Dasami
Ramacandra Vijayotsava ; Sri Madhvacarya -- Appearance
25
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi
26
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:51-10:55
; Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance; Srila Raghunatha Bhatta
Gosvami -- Disappearance; Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami -- Disappearance
27
Trayodasi
28
Caturdasi
29
Purnima
Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra; Sri Murari Gupta -- Disappearance; Laksmi Puja
30
Pratipat
[Damodara Masa]
31
Dvitiya
November 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Tritiya
2
Caturthi
3
Pancami
Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance
4
Sasti
5
Saptami
6
Saptami
7
Astami
Appearance of Radha Kunda, snana dana; Bahulastami
8
Navami
Sri Virabhadra -- Appearance
9
Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting)
10
Dvadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Rama Ekadasi
11
Trayodasi
Break fast 07:06-10:36
12
Caturdasi
13
Amavasya
Dipa dana, Dipavali , (Kali Puja)
14
Pratipat
Go Puja. Go Krda. Govardhana Puja. ; Bali Daityaraja Puja; Sri Rasikananda --
Appearance
15
Dvitiya
Sri Vasudeva Ghosh -- Disappearance
16
Caturthi
Srila Prabhupada -- Disappearance
Vrscika Sankranti
17
Pancami
18
Sasti
19
Saptami
20
Astami
Gopastami, Gosthastami; Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami -- Disappearance; Sri
Dhananjaya Pandita -- Disappearance; Sri Srinivasa Acarya -- Disappearance
21
Navami
Jagaddhatri Puja
22
Dasami
23
Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting)
Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji -- Disappearance
24
Dvadasi (suitable for fasting)
Paksa vardhini Mahadvadasi; Fasting for Utthana Ekadasi; First day of Bhisma
Pancaka
25
Trayodasi
Break fast 07:19-10:42
26
Caturdasi
Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami -- Disappearance; Sri Kasisvara Pandita --
Disappearance
27
Purnima
Sri Krsna Rasayatra; Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage); Sri Nimbarkacarya --
Appearance
28
Purnima
Last day of Bhisma Pancaka
29
Pratipat
Katyayani vrata begins
[Kesava Masa]
30
Dvitiya
December 2012
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Tritiya
2
Caturthi
3
Pancami
4
Sasti
5
Saptami
6
Astami
7
Navami
8
Dasami
9
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi; Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura -- Disappearance
10
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:31-10:50
; Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa -- Disappearance
11
Trayodasi
Sri Saranga Thakura -- Disappearance
12
Amavasya
13
Pratipat
14
Dvitiya
15
Tritiya
Dhanus Sankranti
16
Caturthi
17
Pancami
18
Sasti
Odana sasthi
19
Saptami
20
Astami
21
Navami
22
Dasami
23
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Moksada Ekadasi; Advent of Srimad Bhagavad-gita
24
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:40-10:58
25
Trayodasi
26
Caturdasi
27
Purnima
Katyayani vrata ends
28
Pratipat
[Narayana Masa]
29
Dvitiya
30
Dvitiya
31
Tritiya
January 2013
Atlanta [United States of
America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Caturthi
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura -- Disappearance
2
Pancami
3
Sasti
4
Saptami
5
Astami
6
Navami
7
Ekadasi (not suitable for fasting)
Sri Devananda Pandita -- Disappearance
8
Dvadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Saphala Ekadasi
9
Trayodasi
Break fast 07:43-11:04
; Sri Mahesa Pandita -- Disappearance; Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura -- Disappearance
10
Caturdasi
11
Amavasya
12
Pratipat
Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
13
Dvitiya
14
Caturthi
Srila Jiva Gosvami -- Disappearance; Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Disappearance;
Ganga Sagara Mela
Makara Sankranti
15
Pancami
16
Sasti
17
Saptami
18
Astami
19
Astami
20
Navami
21
Dasami
22
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Putrada Ekadasi
23
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:39-11:06
; Sri Jagadisa Pandita -- Appearance
24
Trayodasi
25
Caturdasi
26
Purnima
Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka
27
Pratipat
[Madhava Masa]
28
Dvitiya
29
Tritiya
30
Caturthi
31
Pancami
Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja -- Disappearance; Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami --
Appearance
February 2013
Atlanta [United States of America]
Timezone: -5:00 -5:00 America/Kentucky/Monticello
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Sasti
Sri Jayadeva Gosvami -- Disappearance
2
Saptami
Sri Locana Dasa Thakura -- Disappearance
3
Astami
4
Navami
5
Dasami
6
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Sat-tila Ekadasi
7
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:29-10:22
8
Trayodasi
9
Amavasya
10
Pratipat
11
Dvitiya
12
Tritiya
Kumbha Sankranti
13
Caturthi
14
Pancami
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
15
Sasti
16
Saptami
Sri Advaita Acarya -- Appearance; (Fast today)
17
Astami
Bhismastami
18
Navami
Sri Madhvacarya -- Disappearance
19
Navami
20
Dasami
Sri Ramanujacarya -- Disappearance
21
Ekadasi (suitable for fasting)
Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi; (Fast today for Varahadeva)
22
Dvadasi
Break fast 07:14-10:58
; Varaha Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Varahadeva; (Fasting is done yesterday)
23
Trayodasi
Nityananda Trayodasi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu; (Fast today)
24
Caturdasi
25
Purnima
Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava; Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura -- Appearance
26
Pratipat
[Govinda Masa]
27
Dvitiya