THE DIVINE LIFE
Spiritual Calendar for 2008
2008
SEPTEMBER
2 Sri Varaha Jayanti
3 Sri Ganesha Chaturthi
4 Rishi Panchami
7 Sri Radha Ashtami
8 121st Birth Anniversary of
H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj
11 Ekadasi
12 Sri Vamana Jayanti; Pradosha Puja
14 Ananta Chaturdasi
14/15 Purnima
15 Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha) begins
25 Ekadasi
26 Pradosha Puja
29 Amavasya; Mahalaya (Pitri Paksha)
ends
30 Navaratri Puja begins
OCTOBER
6 Sri Saraswati Avahana
7 Sri Durga Ashtami
8 Sri Maha Navami; Sri Navaratri Puja
concludes
9 Vijaya Dasami
10 Ekadasi
12 Pradosha Puja
14 Purnima; Rasa Lila
24 Ekadasi
26 Pradosha Puja
27 Naraka Chaturdasi
28 Amavasya; Dipavali
29 Sri Govardhan Puja; Sri Go-Puja; Sri
NOVEMBER
4 Sri Skanda Shashthi
(According
to Tamil Calendar)
6 Gopashtami
9 Ekadasi (Prabodhini)
10 Sri Tulasi Puja; Utthana Dwadasi;
Chaturmasya Vrata ends; Pradosha
Puja
11 Sri Vaikuntha Chaturdasi
12/13 Purnima
13 Sri Guru Nanak Jayanti
23 Ekadasi
24 Pradosha Puja
25 Punyatithi of Sri Jnaneswaraji Maharaj
27 Amavasya
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DECEMBER
3 65th Anniversary of Akhanda
Mahamantra Sankirtana Yajna in
Sivanandashram
8 Ekadasi;
Sri Bhagavadgita Jayanti
10 Pradosha Puja
12 Purnima; Sri Dattatreya Jayanti
23 Ekadasi
24 Pradosha Puja; Christmas Eve
25 Christmas Day
27 Amavasya
31 65th Anniversary of Pratishtha
Mahotsava of Sri Viswanatha Mandir
in Sivanandashram
2009
JANUARY
7 Ekadasi
8 Pradosha Puja
10/11 Purnima
14 Makara Sankranti;
Uttarayana Punyakala ( 12.06 P.M.)
21 Ekadasi
23 Pradosha Puja
26 Amavasva
31 Vasanta Panchami
FEBRUARY
2 Ratha Saptami
3 Sri Bhishma Ashtami
4 Madhva Navami
5 Ekadasi
7 Pradosha Puja
9 Purnima
20 Ekadasi
22 Pradosha Puja
23 Sri Maha Sivaratri
24/25 Amavasya
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Understanding will come only when the
mind is purified of its dross through selfless service and Upasana. Therefore,
I say again and again – serve, love, give, purify, meditate and realise.
- Swami Sivananda |
