FESTIVAL CALENDAR 2016-17If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. —Sri Sarada Devi

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APRIL 201614 Thu Tamil New year (Durmukhi)15 Fri Sri Ramanavami14 Thu & 30 Sat Ashtami03 Sun & 17 Sun Ekadashi

MAY 201609 Mon AkshayaTritiya10 Tue Sri Ramanuja Jayanti11 Wed Sri Shankara Jayanti21 Sat Buddha Purnima14 Sat & 29 Sun Ashtami03 Tue & 17 Tue Ekadashi

JUNE 201604 Sat Phalaharini Kali Puja (Shodashi Puja)12 Sun & 28 Tue Ashtami01 Wed, 16 Thu & 30 Thu Ekadashi

JULY 201619 Tue Guru Purnima31 Sun Swami Ramakrishnananda Jayanti12 Tue & 27 Wed Ashtami15 Fri & 30 Sat Ekadashi

AUGUST 201618 Thu Swami Niranjanananda Jayanti25 Thu Gokulashtami31 Wed Swami Advaitananda Jayanti11 Thu & 25 Thu Ashtami14 Sun & 28 Sun Ekadashi

SEPTEMBER 20165 Mon Vinayaka Chaturthi24 Sat Swami Abhedananda Jayanti30 Fri Swami Akhandananda Jayanti (Mahalaya)09 Fri & 24 Sat Ashtami12 Mon & 26 Mon Ekadashi

OCTOBER 201607Fri DurgaPuja-MahaShashti08 Sat Maha Saptami09 Sun Maha Ashtami10 Mon Maha Navami - Ayudha Puja, Saraswati Puja11 Tue Vijaya Dasami - Shanti Jal (after evening Arati)14 Fri Lakshmi Puja29 Sat Deepavali - Kali Puja (whole night pooja from 9.00 p.m.)23 Sun Ashtami12 Wed & 26 Wed Ekadashi

NOVEMBER 201611 Fri Swami Subodhananda Jayanti13 Sun Swami Vijnanananda Jayanti08 Tue & 22 Tue Ashtami10 Thu & 25 Fri Ekadashi

DECEMBER 20168 Thu Swami Premananda Jayanti20 Tue Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi Jayanti24 Sat Swami Shivananda Jayanti & Christmas Eve (after Arati)07 Wed & 21 Wed Ashtami10 Sat & 24 Sat Ekadashi

JANUARY 201701 Sun Kalpataru Day04 Wed Swami Saradananda Jayanti11 Wed Swami Turiyananda Jayanti12 Thu National Youth Day19 Thu Swami Vivekananda Jayanti29 Sun Swami Brahmananda Jayanti31 Tue Swami Trigunatitananda Jayanti06 Fri & 20 Fri Ashtami08 Sun & 23 Mon Ekadashi

FEBRUARY 201706 Mon to 14 Tue Vivekananda Navaratri (at Vivekananda House)10 Fri Swami Adbhutananda Jayanti24 Fri Maha Shiva Ratri (whole night puja & Bhajan)28 Tue Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Jayanti04 Sat & 19 Sun Ashtami07 Tue & 22 Wed Ekadashi

MARCH 201712Sun SriChaitanyaJayanti16 Thu Swami Yogananda Jayanti05 Sun & 21 Tue Ashtami08 Wed & 24 Fri Ekadashi

APRIL 201714 Fri Tamil New Year (Heyvilambi)5 Wed Sri Ramanavami04 Tue Ashtami07 Fri Ekadashi

One gets reward according to one’s thoughts and motives. God is like Kalpataru, the wish-fulfilling tree of heaven.—Sri Ramakrishna

ASHTAMI DAYS: ChantingofSriDeviMahatmyamat8.00a.m.EKADASHI DAYS: RamnamSankirtanaftereveningArati

BIRTHDAYS OF THE DIRECT DISCIPLES OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA:BhajansbeforeeveningAratiandDiscourseonTheirLifeandTeachingsafterArati.

(This Calendar is based on the Suddha Vakya Almanac.)

FESTIVAL CALENDAR 2016-17