Vaisnava Calendar (Year 2020)
| Dates | Events |
|---|---|
| January 06, 2020 (Mon) | Fasting for Putrada Ekadasi |
| January 07, 2020 (Tue) | Dwadasi, ParanTimings for Fast Breaking from 07:14am to 10:43am |
| January 20, 2020 (Mon) | Fasting for Sat Tila Ekadasi |
| January 21, 2020 (Tue) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 08:05am to 10:46am |
| January 30, 2020 (Thu) | Vasant Panchami, Appearance of Srimati Vishnupriya Devi, Appearance of Srila Raghunath das goswami, Disappearance of Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakura |
| February 1, 2020 (Sat) | Appearance of Sri Advaita Acharya, Fast till 12pm,Saptami |
| February 5, 2020 (Wed) | Fasting for Bhaami Ekadasi |
| February 6, 2020 (Thu) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 7:10am to 10:46am |
| February7, 2020 (Fri) | Celebrations for the Anniversary of the Establishment of SriSri Gaur Nitai Dieties in GIVE, Nityananda Triyadoshi, Appearance day of Sri Nityanand Prabhu, Fast till 12 pm |
| February 13, 2020 (Thu) | Appearance day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, Fast till 12pm, Panchami |
| February 19, 2020 (Wed) | Fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi |
| February 20, 2020 (Thu) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 7:00am to 10:42am |
| February 22, 2020 (Sat) | Chaturdasi, Shivratri |
| February 24, 2020 (Mon) | Srila Jagannath Das Babaji’s Disappearance day, Fast till 12pm |
| March 6, 2020 (Fri) | Fasting for Amlaki Ekadasi |
| March 7, 2020 (Sat) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 06:45am to 09:28am |
| March 9, 2020 (Mon) | Sri Gaur Purnima, Appearance day of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( Fast till moonrise), Ekadasi fast |
| March 10, 2020 (Tue) | Sri Jagannath Mishra Utsav |
| March 16, 2020 (Mon) | Sri Srivas Pandita’s appearance day, Astami, fast till 12 pm |
| March 20, 2020 (Fri) | Fasting for Paapmochani Ekadasi |
| March 21, 2020 (Sat) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 6:30am to 08:02am |
| April 2, 2020 (Thu) | Sri Ram navami, Appearance day of Lord Sri Ram, fast till 12pm |
| April 4, 2020 (Sat) | Fasting for Kamada Ekadasi |
| April 5, 2020 (Sun) | Trayodasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 6:13am to 10:18am |
| April 19, 2020 (Sun) | Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi |
| April 20, 2020 (Mon) | Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 5:58am to 10:10am |
| April 22, 2020 (Wed) | Appearance day of Sri Gadadhar Pandit ji, Astami, Fast till 12pm |
| April 26, 2020 (Sun) | Akshaya Tritiya, 21 days Chandan Yatra begins |
| May 2, 2020 (Sat) | Appearance day of Srimati Sita Devi ( Wife of Sri Ram ji), Navami |
| May 4, 2020 (Mon) | Fasting for Mohini Ekadasi |
| May 5, 2020 (Tue) | Rukmini Dwadasi, Paran timings for fast breaking from 5:46am to 10:04am |
| May 6, 2020 ( Wed) | Narasimha Chaturdasi, Appearance day Lord Narasimha dev(Fast till sunset), Foundation day of GIVE |
| May 18, 2020 (Mon) | Fasting for Apara Ekadasi |
| May 19, 2020 (Tue) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 5:37am to 10:01am |
| June 2, 2020 (Tue) | Fasting for Pandav Nirjala Ekadasi |
| June 3, 2020 (Wed) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 5:33am to 9:07am |
| June 17,2020 (Wed) | Fasting for Yogini Ekadasi |
| June 18,2020 (Thu) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 5:33am to 9:43am |
| June 21,2020 (Sun) | Disappearance of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakura(Fast till 12pm), Disappearance of Sri Gadadhar Pandita. |
| June 22, 2020 (Mon) | Gundica Marjana (Temple cleaning) |
| June 23, 2020 (Tue) | Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra begins, Dwitiya |
| July 1, 2020 (Wed) | Fasting for Shayana Ekadashi |
| July 2,2020 (Thu) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 5:37am to 10:06am |
| July 5, 2020 (Sun) | Disappearance of Srila Sanatana Goswami ji, Guru( Vyas) Purnima, First Month of Chaturmaas begins( One month fasting from green leafy vegetables). |
| July 16, 2020 (Thu) | Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi |
| July 17, 2020 (Fri) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 6:03am to 10:10am |
| July 30, 2020 (Thu) | Fasting for Pavitropana Ekadasi, Radha Govind Jhulan Yatra begins |
| July 31, 2020 (Fri) | Dwadasi, Timings for fast breaking from 5:43am to 10:13am, Disappearance dayof Srila Rup Goswami ji |
| August 03, 2020 (Mon) | Lord Sri Balarama ji’s Appearance( Fast till 12pm), Jhulan Yatra Ends, Purnima, 2nd month of Chaturmaas begins(one month fast from Yoghurt) |
| August 04, 2020 (Tue) | Srila Prabhupada’s journey to America begins |
| August 12, 2020 (Wed) | Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Fast till 12am midnight), Ekadasi fast |
| August 13, 2020 (Thu) | Appearance of Thakur Srila Prabhupada ( Fast till 12 pm), Nandotsav, Navami |
| August 15, 2020 (Sat) | Fasting for Ananda Ekadasi |
| August 16, 2020 (Sun) | Treyadasi, Timings for fast breaking from5:59am to 10:14am |
| August 26, 2020 (Wed) | Radhashtami, appearance of srimati radharani( fast till12 pm) |
| August 29, 2020 (Sat) | Fasting for Parsava ekadasi |
| August 30, 2020 (Sun) | Dwadasi, timings for fast breaking 6:06am to 8:24am, sri vamana dwadasi, appearance of lord sri vamandev and srila jiva goswami ji |
| August 31, 2020 (Mon) | Appearance of srila bhaktivinod thakur( fast till 12pm) |
| September 01, 2020 (Tue) | Disappearance of srila haridas thakur, annanta chaturdasi |
| September 02, 2020 (Wed) | Thakur srila prabhupada’s sannyasa mahotsav, sri vishwarupa mahotsav, purnima, 3rd month of chaturmaaaaaas begins (one month fasting from milk) |
| September 13, 2020 (Sun) | Fasting for indira ekadasi |
| September 14, 2020 (Mon) | Dwadasi, timings for fast breaking 8:55am to 10:13am |
| September 27, 2020 (Sun) | Fasting for padmini ekadasi |
| September 28, 2020 (Mon) | Dwadasi, timings for fast breaking from 6:18am to 10:12am |
| October 13, 2020 (Tue) | Fasting for param ekadasi |
| October 14, 2020 (Wed) | Dwadasi, timings for fast breaking from 6:26am to 10:12am |
| October 26, 2020 (Mon) | Sri ramchandra vijayotsav, appreanccce of sri madhavacarya, dusshera. |
| October 27, 2020 (Tue) | Fasting for pashankusha ekadasi |
| October 28, 2020 (Wed) | Dwadasi, timings for fast breaking from 6:31am to 10:14am, disappearance of srila raghunathdas goswami, disappearance of srila raghunath bhatta goswami, disappearance of srila krishnadas kaviraj goswami. |
| October 31, 2020 (Sat) | Sharad purnima, laxmi puja, 4th month of chaturmaas begins (one month fasting from urad dal), beginning of the month ofdamodara(kartika), pratipada. |
Timings for Fast Breaking (Paran) given in the table apply to Delhi and Jaipur locations in India.
During Ekadashi fasting, grains (pulses, beans, wheat, rice, mustard oil, soya oil etc.) are restricted. Ground nut oil and Desi Ghee can be taken.