Gaudiya Vaishnava Dates of Festivals

January 1, 2018

All glory to Śrī Guru and Śrī Gaurāṅga

Gaudiya Festival Dates 2017 to 2018 — Sri Gaurabda 532 Location of calculations for Ekadashi times: Manila Location of calculations for all other events: West Bengal, India.

See also: calculations for Ekadashi times at other locations.

Please note that this calendar has been prepared according to the directive of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj that Ekadashis and their associated paran times should be calculated according to locality but all other events in the Vaishnava calendar should be observed around the world on the same date that they are observed in India.

1 January (Mon) Gaura Chaturdashi. New Year's Day. 2 January (Tue) Purnima. Pushyabhisheka Yatra of Sri Krishna. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Sharan Vaisnava Maharaj.

Vaiṣṇava Month of Madhava 4 January (Thu) Krishna Tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu.

Disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.

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5 January (Fri) Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti Chandan.

7 January (Sun) Krishna Shashthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami.

9 January (Tue) Krishna Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.

12 January (Fri) Krishna Ekadashi. Fasting on Shat-tila Ekadashi (in Manila).

13 January (Sat) Krishna Dvadashi. Paran 8:20–10:12 (in Manila). Sriman Mahaprabhu leaves Nabadwip in the night to go to Katwa to take sannyas.

15 January (Mon) Krishna Chaturdashi. Remembrance of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas-lila.

18 January (Thu) Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.

19 January (Fri) Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.

21 January (Sun) Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.

22 January (Mon) Gaura Panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi.Appearance of Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, and Srila Raghu Nandan Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj, and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarup Parvat Maharaj. Sri Saraswati Puja.

24 January (Wed) Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharya.

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25 January (Thu) Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.

26 January (Fri) Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Srila Madhva Acharya.

27 January (Sat) Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya .

28 January (Sun) Gaura Ekadashi. Fasting for Trisprisha Mahadvadashi (in Manila), and also for the appearance of Lord Varaha. Varaha Dvadashi. Appearance of Lord Varaha.

29 January (Mon) Gaura Trayodashi. Paran 6:31–10:16 (in Manila) after worshipping Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Grand festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Jiu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham.

31 January (Wed) Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.

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