Spiritual Calendar 2022/2023

Swami Sivananda’s “Hindu Fasts and Festivals” and Swami Krishnananda’s “Spiritual Import of Religious Festivals” have detailed descriptions of the festivals listed here. Click here for ordering details. This Spiritual Calendar is for worships held at the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, India. Some of the dates may not necessarily hold true for other parts of the world.

Note: When two dates are mentioned for any occasion, it means that the particular tithi occurs both on the first day evening and the next day morning.

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2022 Spiritual Calendar

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

2

 Sun Amavasya 1 Tue Amavasya 1 Tue Maha Sivaratri

13

 Thu Ekadasi 5 Sat Sri Vasanta Panchami

2

 Wed Amavasya

14

 Fri Makara Sankranti (Uttarayana Punyakala 8:49 P.M.)

8

 Tue Ratha Saptami; Bhishma Ashtami

14

 Mon Ekadasi

15

 Sat Pradosha Puja

12

 Sat Ekadasi

15

 Tue Pradosha Puja

17

 Mon Purnima

14

 Mon Pradosha Puja

17/18

 T/Fri Purnima

26

 Wed Republic Day

16

 Wed Purnima

18

 Fri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti
28 Fri Ekadasi

26

 Sat Ekadasi

19

 Sat Holi
29 Sat Pradosha Puja

28

 Mon Pradosha Puja

28

 Mon Ekadasi
31 Mon Amavasya

29

 Tue Pradosha Puja

31

 Thu Amavasya

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

1

 Fri Amavasya

3

 Tue Akshaya Tritiya; Sri Parasurama Jayanti 1 Wed Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

2

 Sat Ugadi; Lunar New Year’s Day; Vasanta Navaratri Begins

6

 Fri Sri Adi-Sankaracharya Jayanti 9 Thu Sri Ganga Dashahara

10

 Sun Sri Ramanavami

7

 Sat Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanthi; Sri Ganga Saptami

10

 Fri Ekadasi (Nirjala)

12

 Tue Ekadasi

12

 This Ekadasi

12

 Sun Pradosha Puja

14

 Thu Mesha Sankranti (10:53 A.M.); Pradosha Puja; Mahaveer Jayanti

13

 Fri Pradosha Puja

14

 Tue Purnima

16

 Sat Purnima; Sri Hanuman Jayanthi

14

 Sat Sri Narasimha Jayanthi 24 Fri Ekadasi
26 Tue Ekadasi; Sri Vallabhacharya Jayanti

15/16

 S/Mon Purnima 26 Sun Pradosha Puja
28 Thu Pradosha Puja 16 Mon Purnima; Sri Buddha Jayanti 28/29 T/Wed Amavasya
30 Sat Amavasya 26 Thu Ekadasi
27 Fri Pradosha Puja
30 Mon Somavati Amavasya

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

10

 Sun Harishayani Ekadasi 2 Tue Naga Panchami 1 Thu Rishi Panchami

11

 Mon Chaturmasya Vrata Begins; Pradosha Puja 4 Thu Tulsidas Jayanti

6

 Tue Ekadasi

13

 Wed Sri Guru Purnima; Sri Vyasa Puja; Sri Guru Puja

8

 Mon Ekadasi

7

 Wed Vamana Jayanti

22

 Fri 59th Anniversary of the Punya Tithi Aradhana of His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

9

 Tue Pradosha Puja

8

 Thu 135th Birthday Anniversary of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

24

 Sun Ekadasi

11

 Thu Purnima; Raksha Bandhan

9

 Fri Ananta Chaturdasi

25

 Mon Pradosha Puja

12

 Fri Purnima 9/10 F/Sat Purnima
28 Thu Amavasya 15 Mon Independence Day 10 Sat Purnima; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) begins
19 Fri Sri Krishna Jayanti 21 Wed Ekadasi
23 Tue Ekadasi

23

 Fri Pradosha Puja
24 Wed Pradosha Puja 25 Sun Amavasya; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) ends
25 Thu 14th Anniversary of the Punya Tithi Aradhana of His Holiness Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj 26 Mon Navaratri Puja begins
26/27 F/Sat Amavasya
31 Wed Ganesha Chaturthi

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

2

 Sun Saraswati Avahana; Gandhi Jayanti

1

 Tue Gopashtami; 21st Anniversary of Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj

3

 Sat 79th Anniversary of Akhanda Mahamantra Sankirtans Yajna at Sivananda Ashram

3

 Mon Sri Durga Ashtami; Sri Mahanavami; Sri Navaratri Puja Concludes

4

 Fri Ekadasi

4

 Sun Ekadasi; Gita Jayanti

4

 Tue Vijaya Dashami

5

 Sat Tulsi Puja; Pradosha Puja; Chaturmasya Vrata Ends

5

 Mon Pradosha Puja

6

 Thu Ekadasi

7

 Mon Vaikuntha Caturdasi

7

 Wed Sri Dattatreya Jayanti; Purnima

7

 Fri Pradosha Puja

7/8

 M/Tue Purnima

8

 Thu Purnima

9

 Sun Purnima; Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti

8

 Tue Kartika Purnima; Sri Gurunanak Jayanti;
Lunar Eclipse 5.10 p.m. to 6.19 p.m.

19

 Mon Ekadasi

18

 Tue Sri Radha Jayanti

20

 Sun Ekadasi

21

 Wed Pradosha Puja

21

 Fri Ekadasi 21 Mon Pradosha Puja

23

 Fri Amavasya

22

 Sat Pradosha Puja 23 Wed Amavasya

24

 Sat Christmas Eve

23

 Sun Naraka Chaturdasi

25

 Sun Christmas Day

24

 Mon Deepavali; Amavasya

31

 Sat 79th Anniversary of Pratishtha Mahotsava of Sri Viswanatha Mandir in Sivananda Ashram

25

 Tue Amavasya;
Solar Eclipse 4.26 p.m. to 5.37 p.m.

26

 Wed Govardhan Puja; Gow Puja; Sri Bali-Puja

30

 Sun Skanda Shashthi

2023 Spiritual Calendar

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

2

 Mon Ekadasi 1 Wed Ekadasi 3 Fri Ekadasi

4

 Wed Pradosha Puja 2 Thu Pradosha Puja

4

 Sat Pradosha Puja

6

 Fri Purnima

5

 Sun Purnima

7

 Tue Purnima; Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti

15

 Sun Makara Sankranti (Uttarayana Punyakala 3.01 a.m.)

16

 Thu Ekadasi

8

 Wed Holi

18

 Wed Ekadasi

18

 Sat Pradosha Puja; Sri Maha Sivaratri

17

 Fri Ekadasi

19

 Thu Pradosha Puja

20

 Mon Somavati Amavasya

19

 Sun Pradosha Puja
21 Sat Amavasya

21

 Tue Amavasya
26 Thu Republic Day; Sri Vasanta Panchami
28 Sat Ratha Saptami
29 Sun Bhishma Ashtami

Special Observances at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

  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 Bhagavan 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.

Note: All times and dates are per Indian Standard Time.

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