THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY

THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETYSpiritual Calendar for 2005-2006April 20055 Ekadasi6 Pradosha Puja8 Amavasya9 Lunar New Year’s DayVasanta Navratri begins11 Matsya Jayanti14 Mesha Sankranti (1.20 a.m.)17 Sri Rama Navami; Sri SamarthaRamdas Jayanti20 Ekadasi21 Pradosha Puja22 Sri Vardhamana Mahavir Jayanti24 Chaitra Purnima;Sri Hanuman JayantiMay 20054 Ekadasi5 Pradosha Puja8 Amavasya10 Parasurama Jayanti11 Akshaya Tritya13 Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti14 Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti15 Sri Ganga Saptami19 Ekadasi21 Pradosha Puja22 Sri Narasimha Jayanti23 Purnima; Sri Buddha Jayanti;Sri Kurma JayantiJune 20051 Anniversary ofSannyasa Diksha ofH.H. Sri Swami Sivananda2 Ekadasi4 Pradosha Puja6 Somavati Amavasya17 Ganga Dussehra18 Ekadasi (Nirjala)19 Pradosha Puja21/22 PurnimaJuly 20052 Ekadasi3 Pradosha Puja6 Amavasya17 Ekadasi (Hari Sayani)18 Sri Vamana Puja;Chaturmasya Vrata begins19 Pradosha Puja21 Sri Guru Purnima; Sri VyasaPuja; Sri Guru Puja29 42nd Anniversary ofPunya Tithi Aradhana ofH.H. Sri Swami Sivananda31 EkadasiAugust 20052 Pradosha Puja3 Dakshinayana begins4/5 Amavasya10 Sri Naga Panchami12 Sri Goswami TulasidasJayanti16 Ekadasi17 Pradosha Puja19 Purnima; Upakarma;Raksha Bandhan26 Sri Krishna Jayanti30 EkadasiSeptember 20051 Pradosha Puja3 Amavasya6 Sri Varaha Jayanti7 Sri Ganesh Chaturthi8 118th Birth Anniversary ofH.H. Sri Swami Sivananda;Rishi Panchami11 Sri Radha Ashtami14 Ekadasi15 Pradosha Puja; Sri Vamana Jayanti17 Ananta Chaturdasi17/18 Purnima18 Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha begins)29 Ekadasi30 Pradosha PujaOctober 20053 Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha ends);Somavati Amavasya3 Solar Eclipse (1.05 p.m. to 6.58 p.m.)4 Sri Navaratri Puja begins10 Sri Saraswati Avahana11 Sri Durga Ashtami11 Sri Maha Navami; Sri NavaratriPuja concludes12 Vijaya Dasami13 Ekadasi15 Pradosha Puja16 Rasa Lila

16/17 Purnima17 Lunar Eclipse (5.04 p.m. to 6.03 p.m.)28 Ekadasi30 Pradosha Puja31 Sri Naraka ChaturdasiNovember 20051 Amavasya; Dipavali2 Sri Govardhan Puja;Sri Go-Puja; Sri Bali Puja7 Sri Skanda Shashthi(According to Tamil Calendar)9 Gopashtami12 Ekadasi (Prabodhini)13 Pradosha Puja; Utthana Dwadasi;Sri Tulasi Puja; Chaturmasya Vrataends14 Sri Vaikuntha Chaturdasi15 Purnima; Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti27 Ekadasi29 Pradosha Puja; Punya Tithi of SriJnaneswar MaharajDecember 20051 Amavasya3 62nd Anniversary ofAkhanda MahamantraSankirtan Yajna inSivanandashram7 Sri Skanda Shashthi(According to Sanskrit Calendar)11 Ekadasi; Sri Bhagavadgita Jayanti13 Pradosha Puja15 Purnima; Sri Dattatreya Jayanti24 Christmas Eve25 Christmas Day27 Ekadasi28 Pradosha Puja30/31 Amavasya31 62nd Anniversary ofPratishtha Mahotsava of SriViswanath Mandir inSivanandashramJanuary 200610 Ekadasi11 Pradosha Puja14 Purnima; Makara Sankranti(5.29 p.m.); Uttarayana Punyakala25 Ekadasi27 Pradosha Puja29 AmavasyaFebruary 20063 Vasanta Panchami4 Ratha Saptami5 Bhishma Ashtami6 Sri Madhva Navami8 Ekadasi10 Pradosha Puja12/13 Purnima24 Ekadasi25 Pradosha Puja26 Sri Maha Sivarathri27/28 AmavasyaMarch 200610 Ekadasi12 Pradosha Puja14 Purnima; Sri GaurangaMahaprabhu Jayanti15 Holi25 Ekadasi27 Pradosha Puja29 AmavasyaSpecial Observances atSivananda Ashram, Rishikesh1. 8th of every month is observed as thebirthdate of H.H. Sri Swami SivanandajiMaharaj.2. All souls’ day on Amavasyas.3. Sri Veda Bhagavan Puja on everyPurnima and Amavasya evening.4. Sri Satyanarayan Puja on everyPurnima evening.5. Sri Mahamrityunjaya Havan on PradoshPuja 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 Pujaon Fridays.12. Sri Hanuman Puja on Saturdays.Note:All times and dates are per IndianStandard Time.“Wake up from this dream ofmundane life and realise the truth ofEternal Life in your own Atma.”–Sri Swami Sivananda