📅 Vaishnav Calendar – A Year of Devotion and Festivals
Stay connected with every sacred moment! The Vaishnav Calendar helps devotees remember important fasting days, appearance days, and spiritual festivals — all in alignment with the ISKCON tradition.
Your Spiritual Guide Through Time – The Vaishnav Calendar
The Vaishnav Calendar is not just a list of dates — it's a sacred roadmap guiding devotees through the spiritual seasons of the year. Curated by ISatsang, this calendar follows the authentic Vaishnava lunar system, marking important Ekadashis, fasting days, and festival celebrations like Janmashtami, Gaura Purnima, and Ratha Yatra.
Designed for devotees in Hyderabad and across India, our Festival Calendar helps you align your daily life with divine timings and spiritual practices. It reflects our commitment to EEAT principles — offering reliable, experience-based, and scripturally verified information rooted in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
Each date reminds us to pause, reflect, and celebrate our eternal connection with Lord Krishna through devotion and service.
Festival Calendar
Click on any festival to read its spiritual significance and story
Festival Details
Select a festival from the table to view its details and spiritual significance
Live Every Day in Krishna Consciousness
The Vaishnav Calendar connects your spiritual practice to sacred time. It ensures devotees remember significant observances and perform fasting or celebrations at the proper muhurta. Whether you're planning a temple visit, Ekadashi fast, or festival participation, this Festival Calendar keeps your spiritual life in rhythm with divine time.
Created with care by the ISatsang team, it's an essential companion for anyone seeking consistency, discipline, and joy in their bhakti journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding the Vaishnava Lunar Calendar
The Tithi System
The Vaishnava calendar follows the ancient Vedic lunar system based on tithis (lunar days). Unlike the solar calendar, tithis are determined by the Moon's position relative to the Sun, creating a spiritually significant measurement of time that aligns with cosmic rhythms.
Each lunar month (masa) contains two fortnights (pakshas): the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) when the moon waxes, and the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) when the moon wanes.
Sacred Time Cycles
The Gaurabda era begins from the appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in 1486 CE. ISKCON follows this calendar system, which marks all major festivals, appearance days of acharyas, and Ekadashi observances.
By following this sacred calendar, devotees align their spiritual practices with auspicious cosmic timings, enhancing the potency of their devotional service and connecting with the eternal spiritual realm.
Types of Sacred Observances
Ekadashi
The eleventh day of each lunar fortnight, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Devotees fast and increase spiritual practices on these most auspicious days.
Appearance Days
Celebrations marking the divine appearances of the Lord's incarnations, acharyas, and great devotees in this world.
Disappearance Days
Solemn observances honoring the departure of great souls, marked by fasting, kirtan, and remembrance of their contributions.
Major Festivals
Grand celebrations like Janmashtami, Gaura Purnima, Ratha Yatra, and Diwali with elaborate deity worship and community feasts.
How to Observe Ekadashi Fasting
🌙 Complete Fasting (Nirjala)
The highest standard is complete abstinence from food and water for the entire Ekadashi day. This is recommended for those in good health and is especially observed on Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi.
🍃 Partial Fasting
Those unable to fast completely may take fruits, nuts, milk, and permitted root vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes). Grains, beans, and rice are strictly avoided on Ekadashi.
⏰ Breaking the Fast (Parana)
The fast must be broken within the specified Parana time the next morning (shown in the calendar). Breaking the fast too early or too late nullifies the benefit of the observance.
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About Our Festival Calendar
Sacred Dates
Follow the Vedic calendar for the most auspicious times for spiritual practice
Rich Stories
Learn the spiritual significance and beautiful stories behind each celebration
Perfect Timing
Accurate Parana times and observance guidelines for each festival
Our festival calendar is carefully compiled from authentic Vedic sources to help devotees observe these sacred days with proper understanding. Each festival carries deep spiritual significance and offers an opportunity for spiritual advancement through devotional practices.
