VAISHNAVA CALENDAR
(2024 – 2025)
APRIL 2024
Apr 5 — Ekadasi
Apr 2 — Paran between 5:30 and 7:23 a.m.
Apr 17 — Rama Navami – appearance of Lord Ramacandra (fasting till noon)
Apr 19 — Ekadasi
Apr 20 — Paran between 05:11 and 09:27.
MAY 2024
May 8 — Gadadhara Pandita Appearance Day
May 10 — Candana Yatra (applying sandalwood paste to the Deities for 21 days)
May 19 — Ekadasi
May 20 — Paran between 04:58 and 09:28
May 22 — Narasimha Caturdasi – appearance of Lord Narasimha (fasting till sunset)
JUNE 2024
Jun 3 — Ekadasi
Jun 4 — Paran between 04:56 and 09:22 a.m.
Jun 18 — Ekadasi
Jun 19 — Paran between 04:55 and 05:52 am.
Jun 20 — Panihati Mahotsava (Chipped rice festival of Raghunatha Dasa Goswami)
Jun 22 — Snana-yatra (Bathing of Lord Jagannatha)
JULY 2024
Jul 2 — Ekadasi
Ju 3 — Paran between 05:00 and 07:03 a.m.
Jul 5 — Bhaktivinoda Thakura & Gadadhara Pandita Disappearance (fasting half day)
Jul 6 — Gundica-marjana
Jul 7 — Ratha Yatra
Jul 17 — Ekadasi
Jul 18 — Paran between 05:05 and 09:30 a.m.
Jul 21 — Guru Purnima (worship of Sri Guru)
Jul 31 — Ekadasi
AUGUST 2024
Aug 1 — Paran between 05:11 and 09:33 a.m.
Aug 4 — Srila Sridhara Maharaja’s Disappearance (fasting till noon)
Aug 16 — Ekadasi
Aug 17 — Paran between 05:17 and 05:19 a.m / Rupa Gosvami’s Disappearance
Aug 19 — Baladeva Purnima (fasting till noon)
Aug 27 — Sri Krsna Janmastami (fasting till midnight)
Aug 28 — Srila Prabhupada’s Appearance Day
Aug 30 — Ekadasi / Guru Maharaja Srila Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja’s Appearance (fasting till noon)
Aug 31 — Paran between 05:21 and 09:32 am.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Sep 10 — Lalita-saptami (Appearance of Lalita-Devi)
Sep 11 — Radhastami (fasting till noon)
Sep 14 — Ekadasi
Sep 15 — Parana between 05:26 and 09:30 / Appearance of Sri Vamanadeva / Jiva Gosvami’s Appearance
Sep 16 — Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Appearance (fasting till noon)
Sep 17 — Haridasa Thakura’s Disappearance
Sep 18 — Visvarupa Mahotsava (Prabhupada’s sannyasa anniversary)
Sep 28 — Ekadasi
Sep 29 — Parana between 05:31 and 09:29
OCTOBER 2024
Oct 05 — Srila Puri Maharaja’s Appearance (fasting till noon)
Oct 13 — Ekadasi
Oct 14 — Paran between 07:55 and 09:28.
Oct 17 — Kartika begins
Oct 22 — Narottama Dasa Thakura’s Disappearance / Vishnu Maharaja’s appearance
Oct 25 — Bahulastami (appearance of Radha-Kunda)
Oct 26 — Srila Sridhara Maharaja’s appearance (fasting till noon)
Oct 28 — Ekadasi
Oct 29 — Paran between 05:44 and 09:28
NOVEMBER 2024
Nov 01 — Dipavali
Nov 02 — Govardhana Puja
Nov 05 — Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance (fasting till noon)
Nov 09 — Gopastami (Radharani’s Subala-vesa lila & worship of the cows)
Nov 12 — Ekadasi
Nov 13 — Paran between 05:53 and 09:32.
Nov 14 — Srila Puri Maharaja’s Disappearance (fasting till noon)
Nov 15 — End of Kartik
Nov 26 — Ekadasi
Nov 27 — Paran between 10:26 and 14:01
DECEMBER 2024
Dec 11 — Ekadasi / Bhagavad-gita Jayanti (Appearance of the Bhagavad-gita)
Dec 12 — Paran between 06:13 and 09:45.
Dec 19 — Srila Sarasvati Thakura’s Disappearance (fasting till noon)
Dec 26 — Ekadasi
Dec 27 — Paran between 06:16 and 09:50
JANUARY 2025
Jan 02 — Jiva Gosvami’s Disappearance
Jan 06 — Guru Maharaja Srila Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha Maharaja’s Disappearance (fasting till noon)
Jan 10 — Ekadasi
Jan 11 — Paran between 06:25 and 07:44
Jan 14 — Makara Sankranti / Mahaprabhu’s Sannyasa Lila
Jan 15 — Pusya Abhiseka – Installation anniversary of Jagannatha & Gaura-Gadadhara
Jan 25 — Ekadasi
Jan 26 — Paran between 06:25 and 10:02.
Jan 25 — Pusya Abhiseka – Installation anniversary of Jagannatha & Gaura-Gadadhara
FEBRUARY 2025
Feb 03 — Vasanta Pancami (first day of Spring in India)
Feb 05 — Appearance of Advaita Acarya (fasting till noon)
Feb 08 — Ekadasi
Feb 09 — Appearance of Sri Varahadeva / Parana between 06:19 and 10:01
Feb 10 — Nityananda Trayodasi (fast till noon)
Feb 17 — Sarasvati Thakura’s Appearance (fasting till noon)
Feb 24 — Ekadasi
Feb 25 — Paran between 06:08 and 09:57
Feb 26 — Maha-Sivaratri (optional fasting)
MARCH 2025
Mar 10 — Ekadasi
Mar 11 — Paran between 05:55 and 09:31
Mar 14 — Gaura Purnima (fasting till moonrise). End of year 539 Gaurabda.
Mar 25 — Ekadasi
Mar 27 — Paran between 05:41 and 09:43