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I S K C O N
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Links courtesy of New Zealand Hare Krishna Resource Network Please note
that festival dates and timings for Ekadasi/Dvadasi are specific for Sydney
– other locations may vary. |
| The
Vaisnava Lunar Calendar
ISKCON Temple's follow the traditional lunar calendar, which operates on 15 day lunar cycles. Starting with the new-moon (Pratipat), moving through the waxing cycle when the moon becomes fuller, until the full-moon (Purnima), and through the waning cycle back to the new-moon. On the eleventh day of each cycle 'Ekadasi' is observed, where we fast from grains and beans for the day, and the twelfth day (Dvadasi), the fast is broken at a specified time. Special fasting days are also observed for the appearance and disappearance of various incarnations and acharyas, broken either at midday or in the evening with a feast. |
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