2009

APRIL

3 Sri Rama Navami;Sri Samartha Ramdas Jayanti

5 Ekadasi 7 Pradosha Puja;

Vardhamana Mahavir Jayanti

9 Chaitra Purnima;Hanuman Jayanti

14 Mesha Sankranti (02. 09 A.M.) 21 Ekadasi 22 Pradosha Puja24/25 Amavasya 27 Sri Parasurama Jayanti; Akshaya Tritiya 29 Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti 30 Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti

MAY

1 Sri Ganga Saptami 5 Ekadasi 6 Pradosha Puja 7 Sri Narasimha Jayanti 8 Purnima; Sri Kurma Jayanti 9 Purnima; Sri Buddha Jayanti 20 Ekadasi 22 Pradosha Puja 24 Amavasya

JUNE

1 Anniversary ofSannyasa Diksha of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

2 Ganga Dussehra

3 Ekadasi (Nirjala) 5 Pradosha Puja 7 Purnima 19 Ekadasi 20 Pradosha Puja 22 Somavati Amavasya

JULY

3 Ekadasi (Hari Sayani)

4 Pradosha Puja;Sri Vamana Puja; Chaturmasya Vrata begins

6/7 Purnima 7 Sri Guru Purnima; Sri Vyasa Puja; Sri Guru Puja

16 46th Anniversary of Punya Tithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

17 Dakshinayana begins (01.35 A.M.) 18 Ekadasi 19 Pradosha Puja21/22 Amavasya 22 Amavasya: Solar Eclipse

(05.28 A.M. to 07.37 A.M.) 26 Sri Naga Panchami 28 Sri Goswami Tulsidas Jayanti

AUGUST

1 Ekadasi 3 Pradosha Puja 5 Purnima; Upakarma; Raksha Bandhan 13 Sri Krishna Jayanti 16 Ekadasi 18 1st Anniversary of Punya Tithi Aradhana of

H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj; Pradosha Puja

20 Amavasya 23 Sri Ganesha Chaturthi; Sri Varaha Jayanti 24 Rishi Panchami 27 Radha Ashtami 31 Ekadasi

SEPTEMBER

1 Sri Vamana Jayanti; Pradosha Puja 3 Ananta Chaturdasi 4 Purnima; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) begins 8 122nd Birth Anniversary of

H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj 15 Ekadasi 16 Pradosha Puja 18 Amavasya; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) ends 19 Navaratri Puja begins 26 Sri Saraswati Avahana; Sri Durga Ashtami 27 Sri Maha Navami;

Sri Navaratri Puja concludes 28 Vijaya Dasami 30 Ekadasi

OCTOBER

1 Pradosha Puja 3 Purnima; Rasa Lila 4 Purnima 14 Ekadasi 15 Pradosha Puja

16 Naraka Chaturdasi 17 Amavasya; Dipavali 18 Amavasya; Sri Govardhan Puja; Sri Go-Puja;

Sri Bali Puja 24 Sri Skanda Shashthi

(According to Tamil Calendar) 26 Gopashtami; 8th Anniversary of Punyatithi

Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj

29 Ekadasi (Prabodhini) 30 Sri Tulasi Puja; Utthana Dwadasi;

Chaturmasya Vrata ends 31 Pradosha Puja

NOVEMBER

1 Sri Vaikuntha Chaturdasi 2 Purnima; Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti 12 Ekadasi 14 Pradosha Puja; Punyatithi of

Sri Jnaneswarji Maharaj 16 Somavati Amavasya 28 Ekadasi; Sri Bhagavadgita Jayanti 29 Pradosha Puja

DECEMBER

1 Purnima 2 Purnima;

Sri Dattatreya Jayanti 3 66th Anniversary of

Akhanda Mahamantra Sankirtana Yajna in Sivanandashram

12 Ekadasi 13 Pradosha Puja 16 Amavasya 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 27 Ekadasi 29 Pradosha Puja 31 Purnima; 66th Anniversary of Pratishtha

Mahotsava of Sri Viswanatha Mandir in Sivanandashram

2010

JANUARY

1 Lunar Eclipse (00.22 A.M. to 01.24 A.M.) 11 Ekadasi

12 Pradosha Puja 14 Amavasya; Makara Sankranti;

Uttarayana Punyakala (06.18 P.M.) 15 Amavasya; Solar Eclipse

(11.59 A.M. to 03.23 P.M.)

20 Vasanta Panchami 22 Ratha Saptami 23 Sri Bhishma Ashtami 24 Madhva Navami 26 Ekadasi 27 Pradosha Puja29/30 Purnima

FEBRUARY

9 Ekadasi 11 Pradosha Puja 12 Sri Maha Sivaratri13/14 Amavasya 24 Ekadasi 26 Pradosha Puja 28 Purnima; Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti

MARCH

1 Holi 11 Ekadasi 13 Pradosha Puja 15 Somavati 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 Fridyas.

12. Sri Hanuman Puja on Saturdays.

SPIRITUAL CALENDAR 2009—2010

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