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Festivals

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

6

Ekadasi

1

Sri Bhishma-Ashtami

5

Ekadasi

7

Pradosha Puja

2

Sri Madhva Navami

7

Pradosha Puja

9

Purnima; Lunar Eclipse (0:12 a.m. to 3:29 a.m. on 10th)

4

Ekadasi

9

Purnima; Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti

14

Makara Sankranti (10:24 a.m.); Uttarayana Punyakala

6

Pradosha Puja

10

Holi

20

Ekadasi

7/8

Purnima

20

Ekadasi

21

Pradosha Puja

18

Ekadasi

22

Pradosha Puja

24

Amavasya

20

Pradosha Puja

24/25

Amavasya

29

Vasanta Panchami

21

Sri Mahasivaratri

26 

Lunar New Year's Day;
Sri Vasanta Navaratri begins

31

Ratha Saptami

22/23

Amavasya

27 

Sri Matsya Jayanthi

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

2

Sri Rama Navami;
Sri Samartha Ramdas Jayanthi

3

Ekadasi

1

Sri Ganga Dussehra; Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda

4

Ekadasi

5

Pradosha Puja

2

Ekadasi (Nirjala)

5

Pradosha Puja

6

Sri Narasimha Jayanthi

3

Pradosha Puja

6

Sri Vardhamana Mahavira Jayanthi

7

Purnima; Sri Buddha Jayanthi; Sri Kurma Jayanthi

5/6

Purnima

7/8

Chaitra Purnima

19

Ekadasi

17

Ekadasi

8

Sri Hanuman Jayanthi

20

Pradosha Puja

19

Pradosha Puja

14

Mesha (Vishu) Sankranti (0:27 A.M.)

22/23

Amavasya

21

Amavasya

19

Ekadasi

21

Pradosha Puja 

23

Amavasya

26

Akshaya Tritiya; Sri Parasurama Jayanthi

28

Sri Adi-Sankaracharya Jayanthi

29

Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanthi

30

Sri Ganga Saptami

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

1

Ekadasi (Hari Sayani)

1

Pradosha Puja

1

Ananta Chaturdasi

2

Pradosha Puja; Chaturmasya Vrata begins

3/4

Purnima; Upakarma; Rakshabandhan

2

Purnima; Mahalaya (Pitri) Paksha begins

5

Sri Guru Purnima; Sri Vyasa Puja; Sri Guru Puja; Lunar Eclipse (7:05 P.M. to 9:45 P.M.)

11

Sri Krishna Jayanti

8

114th Birthday Anniversary of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda

14

38th Anniversary of the Punyatithi Aradhana of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda

15

Ekadasi

13

Ekadasi

16

Dakshinayana begins

16

Pradosha Puja

15

Pradosha Puja

17

Ekadasi

18/19

Amavasya

17

Amavasya; Mahalaya (Pitripaksha) Amavasya

18

Pradosha Puja

21

Sri Varaha Jayanti

28

Ekadasi

20

Amavasya

22

Sri Ganesha Chaturthi

29

Pradosha Puja

25

Sri Naga Panchami; Sri Kalki Jayanti

23

Rishi Panchami

27

Sri Goswami Tulasidas Jayanthi

26

Sri Radha Ashtami

31

Ekadasi

29

Ekadasi

30

Sri Vamana Jayanti

31

Pradosha Puja

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

1/2

Purnima

1

Purnima

3

58th Anniversary of Akhanda Mahamantra Sankirtan Yajna in Shivanandanagar

13

Ekadasi

11

Ekadasi

10

Ekadasi

14

Pradosha Puja

12

Pradosha Puja

12

Pradosha Puja; Punyatithi of Sri Jnanesvar Maharaj

16

Amavasya

13

Sri Naraka Chaturdasi

14

Amavasya

17

Sri Navaratri Puja begins

14

Dipavali; Sri Lakshmi Puja

20

Sri Skanda Shashthi (According to Sanskrit Calendar)

21

Sri Sarasvati Avahana

14/15

Amavasya

24

Christmas Eve

24

Sri Durga Ashtami

15

Sri Govardhana Puja; Sri Go-Puja; Sri Bali-Puja

25

Christmas Day

25

Sri Maha Navami;
Sri Navaratri Puja concludes

21

Sri Skanda Shashthi (According to Tamil Calendar)

26

Ekadasi; Sri Bhagavadgita Jayanti

26

Vijaya Dasami

26

Ekadasi (Prabodhini); Sri Tulasi Puja 

28

Pradosha Puja

27

Ekadasi

27

Utthana Dvadasi;  Chaturmasya Vrata ends

29/30

Purnima

29

Pradosha Puja

28

Pradosha Puja

30

Sri Dattatreya Jayanti

31

Purnima; Rasa Lila

29

Sri Vaikuntha Caturdasi

31

58th Anniversary of Pratishtha Mahotsava of Sri Visvanatha Mandir in Shivanandanagar

30

Purnima; Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti