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VAISHNAVA CALENDAR

JULY 2008
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

 

 

1

DVADASI
Break fast
07:02-10:20

2

3

Srila Bhaktivinoda
Thakura & Gadadhara Pandit disappearances
(fast till n
oon)

4

Gundica Marjana




5

RATHA-YATRA
Liverpool 10am

 Svarupa Damodara Goswami & Sivananda Sena disappearances
Shiksha Program
classes 3pm-6pm

6

Sunday Program
4.30pm

Blacktown Hall Program 5.00pm

7

 

 

8

Vakresvara Pandit
disappearance

9

 

 

10

 

 

11

12

Shiksha Program
classes 3pm-6pm

Childrens Program
Hornsby 6pm

13

Sunday Program
4.30pm

14

Sayana
Ekadasi

 

15

DVADASI
Break fast
06:59-10:20

 

 

16

Karka Sankranti

(Sun enters Cancer)

17

 

 

18

Guru (Vyasa)
Purnima
Sanatana Goswami
disappearance
First month of Caturmasya begins (fast from green leafy vegetables for one month)

19

Sridhara Masa begins

24 Hour Kirtan
from 8.45am

Shiksha Program
classes 3pm-6pm

20

Sunday Program
4.30pm

 

 

21

22

23

Gopala Bhatta Goswami
disappearance

24

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

26

Lokanatha Goswami disappearance
Shiksha Program
classes 3pm-6pm

Adult & Childrens Programs
Hornsby 6pm

27

Sunday Program
4.30pm
Liverpool Hall Program 5.00pm

The incorporation of ISKCON in New York

28

29

30

Kamika
Ekadasi

31

DVADASI
Break fast
06:50-10:18








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.
Daylight saving not considered on break fast timings.

Calculate your own calendar here

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.