SPIRITUAL CALENDAR 20142015

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2014
MARCH
31 Mon

Ugadi; Lunar New Year's Day;

Vasanta Navaratri Begins

8
11
12
13
14

Sri Ramanavami
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Sri Mahaveer Jayanti
Mesha Sankranti(09.11 a.m.)
Purnima
Chaitra Purnima; Sri Hanuman Jayanti
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Amavasya

APRIL
Tue
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
14/15 M/Tue
15 Tue
25 Fri
26 Sat
28/29 M/Tue

MAY
1
2
4
5
6
10
12
13
14

Thu
Fri
Sun
Mon
Tue
Sat
Mon
Tue
Wed

Sri Parashurama Jayanti

Akshaya Tritiya
Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti
Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti
Ganga Saptami
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Sri Narasimha Jayanti
Purnima; Kurma Jayanti;
Sri Buddha Jayanti
24 Sat Ekadasi
26 Mon Pradosha Puja
28 Wed Amavasya

JUNE
1 Sun

Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of

H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj
8 Sun Ganga Dashara
9 Mon Ekadasi (Nirjala)
10 Tue Pradosha Puja
12/13 T/Fri Purnima
23 Mon Ekadasi
24 Tue Pradosha Puja
26/27 T/Fri Amavasya

JULY
8 Tue Ekadasi (Hari Shayani)
9 Wed Sri Vamana Puja;
Chaturmasya Vrata Begins

10 Thu

Pradosha Puja

11/12 F/Sat Purnima

12 Sat
17 Thu
20 Sun
22 Tue
24 Thu
26 Sat

Sri Guru Purnima; Sri Vyasa Puja;

Sri Guru Puja
Dakshinayana Begins (08.37 a.m.)
51st Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana
of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Amavasya

AUGUST
1
3
7
8
10
15
17
21
22
23

Fri
Sun
Thu
Fri
Sun
Fri
Sun
Thu
Fri
Sat

25 Mon
29 Fri
30 Sat

Sri Naga Panchami

Sri Tulsi Das Jayanti
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Purnima; Upakarma; Raksha Bandhan
Independence Day
Sri Krishna Jayanti
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
6th Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana of
H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj
Somavati Amavasya
Sri Ganesha Chaturthi
Rishi Panchami

SEPTEMBER
2
5
6
7
8

Tue
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon

Sri Radha Ashtami

Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja; Sri Vamana Jayanti
Sri Ananta Chaturdasi
127th Birth Anniversary of
H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj;
Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) begins
8/9 M/Tue Purnima
19 Fri
Ekadasi
21 Sun Pradosha Puja
23 Tue Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) ends
23/24 Wed Amavasya
25 Thu Navaratri Puja Begins

4
6
7
8
19
21
22
23
24

Sat
Mon
Tue
Wed
Sun
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri

Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Purnima; Rasalila
Purnima; Valmiki Jayanti
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Naraka Chaturdasi
Amavasya; Deepavali
Sri Govardhan Puja; Sri Gow-Puja;
Sri Bali Puja
29 Wed Sri Skanda Shashthi
31 Fri
Gopashtami; 13th Anniversary of
Punyatithi Aradhana of
H.H. Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj

NOVEMBER
3 Mon
4 Tue

Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja; Tulasi Puja;
Chaturmasya Vrata Ends
5 Wed Vaikuntha Chaturdasi
6 Thu Kartika Purnima; Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti
18 Tue Ekadasi
19 Wed Pradosha Puja
22 Sat Amavasya

DECEMBER
2 Tue Ekadasi; Gita Jayanti
3 Wed 71st Anniversary of Akhanda Mahamantra
Sankirtana Yajna in Sivananda Ashram
4 Thu Pradosha Puja
5 Fri
Purnima; Sri Dattatreya Jayanti
6 Sat Purnima
18 Thu Ekadasi
19 Fri
Pradosha Puja
21/22 S/Mon Amavasya
22 Mon Somavati Amavasya
24 Wed Christmas Eve
25 Thu Christmas Day
31 Wed 71st Anniversary of Pratishtha Mahotsava
of Sri Viswanatha Mandir
in Sivananda Ashram

OCTOBER
1 Wed Sri Saraswati Avahana
2 Thu Gandhi Jayanti; Sri Durga Ashtami;
Sri Maha Navami
3 Fri
Vijaya Dasami; Sri Navaratri Puja concludes

2015
JANUARY
1 Thu
2 Fri

Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja

4/5 S/Mon Purnima

15 Thu Makara Sankranti;
Uttararayana Punyakala (01.20 a.m.)
16 Fri
Ekadasi
18 Sun Pradosha Puja
20 Tue Amavasya
24 Sat Vasanta Panchami
26 Mon Ratha Saptami; Republic Day
27 Tue Bhishma Ashtami
28 Wed Madhva Navami
30 Fri
Ekadasi

FEBRUARY
1
3
15
16
17
18

Sun
Tue
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed

Pradosha Puja
Purnima
Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Sri Maha Sivaratri
Amavasya

MARCH
1 Sun
2 Mon
5 Thu

Ekadasi
Pradosha Puja
Purnima;
Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti
6 Fri
Holi
16 Mon Ekadasi
18 Wed Pradosha Puja
20 Fri
Amavasya
1. 8th of every month is observed as the
birth-date of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji
Maharaj.
2. All souls day on Amavasyas.
3. Sri Veda Bhagawan Puja on every Purnima and
Amavasya evening.
4. Sri Satyanarayan Puja on every
Purnima evening.
5. Sri Mahamrityunjaya Havan on
Pradosha Puja day.
6. Sri Suryanarayana Puja on Sundays.
7. Sri Siva Puja on Mondays.
8. Sri Skanda Puja on Tuesdays.
9. Sri Vishnu Puja on Wednesdays.
10. Sri Guru Puja on Thursdays.
11. Special Ganga Puja and Lakshmi Puja on Fridays.
12. Sri Hanuman Puja on Saturdays.