Calendar Year 2020, Vikram Samvat 2076-77

Main Festivals and Events in Omkarananda Ashram Winterthur, Switzerland

On April 06 Shālivāhan Shak 1942 starts / On Oct 28 Vikram Samvat 2076 starts
red = ashram-events blue = indian festivals green = christian festivals purple = anniversary

This year has 13 months - in Ashwin is an additional month: Adhik Ashwin and Dwitiya Ashwin

2020 Day Month Paksha Tithi Festival/Event

JANUARY

Jan 01 Wed Posha Shukla 6 (Shashthi) New Year

Jan 04 Sat Posha Shukla 9 (Navami) Omkarananda Mah!sam!dhi Day (Havan and Pujan)
Jan 12 Sun Posha Krishna 2 (Dvitiy!) Swami Vivekananda Jayantī
Jan 14 Tues Posha Krishna 4 (Chaturthi) Makarsankr!nti
Jan 30 Thurs Māgh Shukla 5 (Panchami) Vasant Panchami

FEBRUARY

Feb 14 Fri Māgh Krishna 6 (Shashthi) Valentine's day

Feb 19 Wed Māgh Krishna 11 (Ek!dashi) Vasant-Ritu (Spring) starts
Feb 21 Fri Māgh Krishna 13 (Trayodashi) Mah! Shivar!tri

MARCH

Mar 09 Mon F!lgun Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Holi

Mar 11 Wed F!lgun Krishna 2 (Dvitiy!) Tukārām-Beej Punya Tithī
Mar 14 Sat F!lgun Krishna 6 (Shashthi) Eknāth Shashti Punya Tithī
Mar 25 Wed Chaitra Shukla 1 (Pratipad!) Chaitri Navar!tri / Gudi Padavo / Shālivāhan Shak 1942

APRIL

Apr 02 Thurs Chaitra Shukla 9 (Navami) R!m Navami

Apr 06 Mon Chaitra Shukla 13 (Trayodashi) Mah!vir Jayant#
Apr 08 Wed Chaitra Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Hanum!n Jayant#
Apr 10 Fri Chaitra Krishna 3 (Trit#y!) Good Friday
Apr 12 Sun Chaitra Krishna 5 (Panchami) Easter Sunday
Apr 18 Sat Chaitra Krishna 11 (Ek!dashi) Sr# Vallabh!ch!rya Jayant#
Apr 19 Sun Chaitra Krishna 12 (Dv!dashi) Grishma-Ritu (summer) starts
Apr 25 Sat Vaish!kha Shukla 2 (Dvitiy!) Parashurām Jayantī
Apr 26 Sun Vaish!kha Shukla 3 (Trit#y!) Akshaya Trit#y!
Apr 28 Tues Vaish!kha Shukla 5 (Panchami) @dya Shankar! Jayant#
Sri R!m!nuj!ch!rya Jayant#
MAY

May 07 Thurs Vaish!kha Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Buddha Jayanti-Buddha Purnim!

May 08 Fri Vaish!kha Krishna 1 (Pratipad!) N!rad Jayant#
May 10 Sun Vaish!kha Krishna 3 (Trit#y!) Mother’s day
May 21 Thurs Vaish!kha Krishna 14 (Chaturdashi) Assumption of Virgin (Himmelfahrt)
May 31 Sun Jyeshth! Shukla 9 (Navami) Whitsunday (Pfingsten)
Calendar Year 2020, Vikram Samvat 2076-77
Main Festivals and Events in Omkarananda Ashram Winterthur, Switzerland
On April 06 Shālivāhan Shak 1942 starts / On Oct 28 Vikram Samvat 2076 starts
red = ashram-events blue = indian festivals green = christian festivals purple = anniversary

This year has 13 months - in Ashwin is an additional month: Adhik Ashwin and Dwitiya Ashwin

2020 Day Month Paksha Tithi Festival/Event

JUNE

June 01 Mon Jyeshth! Shukla 10 (Dashami) Whitmonday (Pfingstmontag)

June 02 Tues Jyeshth! Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) G!yatri Jayant# / Rukmiṇi Vivāh
June 05 Fri Jyeshth! Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Kabir Jayant#
June 14 Sun Jyeshth! Krishna 9 (Navami) Father’s day
June 20 Sat Jyeshth! Krishna 14 (Chaturdashi) Varshā-Ritu (monsoon) starts / Dakshināyan starts
June 23 Tues Ash!dhā Shukla 2 (Dvitiy!) Rathyātrā (Jagannāth Pūjan)

JULY

July 01 Wed Ash!dhā Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) Dev Shayani Ek!dashi

Ch!turm!s Vrata starts
July 05 Sun Ash!dhā Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Guru-P%rnim! / Vyās-Purnimā
July 27 Mon Shr!van Shukla 7 (Saptami) Tulsidās Jayanti

AUGUST

Aug 03 Mon Shr!van Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Raksh! Bandhan / Yagnopavit change

Aug 12 Wed Shr!van Krishna 8 (Ashtami) Krishna Janm!shtami / Gnyānadev Jayantī
Aug 15 Sat Shr!van Krishna 11 (Ek!dashi) Independence Day / Shri Arvind Jayantī
Aug 22 Sat Bh!drapad Shukla 4 (Chaturthi) Ganesh Chaturthi

SEPTEMBER

Sept 01 Tues Bh!drapad Shukla 14 (Chaturdashi) Anant Chaturdashi

Sept 06 Sun Bh!drapad Krishna 4 (Chaturthi) Grandparent’s day
Sept 08 Tues Bh!drapad Krishna 6 (Shashthi) Shivananda Saraswati, Rishikesh, Jayant#

OCTOBER

Oct 02 Fri Adhik Ashwin Krishna 1 (Pratipad!) Mah!tm! G!ndhi Jayant#

Oct 17 Sat Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 1 (Pratipad!) Navar!tri begins
Oct 21 Wed Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 5 (Panchami) Sarasvati @v!han
Oct 22 Thurs Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 6 (Shashthi) Durg!-Saptami / Sarasvati Pūjan
Oct 23 Fri Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 8 (Ashtami) Durg!-Mahā-Ashtami / Sarasvati Pūjan
Oct 24 Sat Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 9 (Navami) Sarasvati-Visarjan
Oct 25 Sun Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 10 (Dashami) Vijay! Dashami / Shirdi S!i B!b! Punya Tithi
Oct 31 Sat Dwitiya Ashwin Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Sharad P%rnim!
Calendar Year 2020, Vikram Samvat 2076-77
Main Festivals and Events in Omkarananda Ashram Winterthur, Switzerland
On April 06 Shālivāhan Shak 1942 starts / On Oct 28 Vikram Samvat 2076 starts
red = ashram-events blue = indian festivals green = christian festivals purple = anniversary

This year has 13 months - in Ashwin is an additional month: Adhik Ashwin and Dwitiya Ashwin

2020 Day Month Paksha Tithi Festival/Event

NOVEMBER

Nov 01 Sun Ashwin Krishna 1 (Pratipad!) Erntedankfest - Harvest thanksgiving

Nov 12 Thurs Dwitiya Ashwin Krishna 12 (Dv!dashi) Guru Dv!dashi / W!gh B!ras
Nov 13 Fri Dwitiya Ashwin Krishna 13 (Trayodashi) Dhan Theras (coins and ornament pujan)
Nov 13 Fri Dwitiya Ashwin Krishna 14 (Chaturdashi) Narak Chaturdashi / Hanum!n P%jan / Sundarkānd
Nov 14 Sat Dwitiya Ashwin Krishna 30 (Am!vasya) Dip!vali / Sh!rad! P%jan / Lakshmi P%jan
Nov 16 Mon K!rtik Shukla 1 (Pratipad!) N%tan Varsha / Annakūt / Vikram Samvat 2077 starts
Nov 17 Tues K!rtik Shukla 2 (Dvitiy!) Bh!i Beej (Sisters invite brothers for meal)
Nov 20 Fri K!rtik Shukla 5 (Panchami) L!bha Pa]chami
Nov 22 Sun K!rtik Shukla 7 (Saptami) Jalar!m Jayant#
Nov 26 Thurs K!rtik Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) Thanksgiving Day

Nov 26 Thurs K!rtik Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) Dev %thi Ek!dashi / Tulasi Viv!ha
Ch!turm!s ends
Nov 30 Mon K!rtik Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Dev Div!li / Guru Nanak Jayant#

DECEMBER

Dec 24 Thurs M!rgashirsha Shukla 10 (Dashami) X-mas-Eve

Dec 25 Fri M!rgashirsha Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) Gītā Jayantī
Dec 25 Fri M!rgashirsha Shukla 11 (Ek!dashi) X-mas-Day / Omkarananda Jayant#
Dec 30 Wed M!rgashirsha Shukla 15 (P%rnim!) Datta Jayant#
Dec 31 Thurs M!rgashirsha Krishna 1 (Pratipad!) Silvester - New Year's Eve

2021

Jan 01 Fri M!rgashirsha Krishna 2 (Dvitiy!) New Year 2021

Jan 04 Sat M!rgashirsha Krishna 5 (Panchami) Omkarananda Mah!sam!dhi Day
Havan and Pūjan
Calendar Year 2020, Vikram Samvat 2076-77
Main Festivals and Events in Omkarananda Ashram Winterthur, Switzerland
On April 06 Shālivāhan Shak 1942 starts / On Oct 28 Vikram Samvat 2076 starts
red = ashram-events blue = indian festivals green = christian festivals purple = anniversary

This year has 13 months - in Ashwin is an additional month: Adhik Ashwin and Dwitiya Ashwin

2020 Day Month Paksha Tithi Festival/Event

Observe following performances in celebration of main festivals:

On RAMNAVAMI: Recitations of R!maraksha Stotra, Sunderkand, R!m Dhoon: “R!m R!m R!m R!m,
S#ta-R!m S#ta-R!m”.
On HANUMAN JAYANTI: Recitation of Hanum!n Chālisa (11 or 40 times) and Sundarkand, near Rāmparivār. And
Rāmaraksha-Stotra in the beginning and at the end. Recitation of the Mantra: Rāma Lakshmana Jānaki jay bolo
Hanumāna ki. (Note: When Rāma's name is recited, Hanumān is certainly present there).
On GURUPURNIMA: Guru Pūjan, recitation of Guru-Gīta. Recitation of the Mantra: "Jay jay Guru Maharaj Guru, jay
jay Parabrahma Sadguru".
On KRISHNA JANAMASHTAMI: Recitation of the Mantra: "Shri Krishnah sharanam mama". Recitation of Shrimad
Bhagavad Gita, at least chapters 9, 12, 15 and 18.
On GANESH CHATURTHI and 10 days Ganesh Utsav in Bhadrapad. Recitation in sound voice of "OM Gam
Ganapataye namah" near Ganesha Murti. Recitation of 21 times Ganesha Atharvashirsha.
On SOMVATI AMAVASYA and daily in Shravan Mās in Shiva-Temple. Recitation in low voice: "OM namah Shivāya –
OM Tryambakam yajamahe" and "Shiva Mahimna".
On DATTATREYA JAYANTI: Low sound recitation of Dattanāma-Sank#rtanam near Datta Mūrti. Recitation of Mantra:
“Om Dr!m Datt!trey!ya namah”.
On NAVARATRI: Every day recitation of Gayatri-Mantra and "OM Aim Hrim Klim" in Temple and in all rooms of all
houses.
On EKADASHI: Recitation of "OM Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya", Bhagavad Gita's 15 th chapter and Vishnu
Sahasranama-Stotra , in Temple and in all rooms of all houses..
On GAYATRI-JAYANTI: Recitation of Gayatri-Mantra, in Temple and in all rooms of all houses.
On GITA-JAYANTI: Recitation of Bhagavad Gita's Chapters at least 2, 9, 12, 15 and 18, in Temple and in all rooms of
all houses.
On HARVEST THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL: Play Shri Sooktam, Bhumi Sooktam, offer pumpkin, fresh seasonal
vegetables to Shiva, Ganesha, Divine Mother, Krishna, Ram Parivar and Tirupati Tirumala, and to Gurudeva in Veda
Mandir and houses 65 and 79.
YEAR 2020 - VIKRAM SAMVAT 2076-77 YEAR 2020 - EK@DASHI VIKRAM SAMVAT 2076-77
On each occasion recitation of 21 times Ganesha-Atharvashirsha Recitation of Narayana-Sukta and Vishnu-Sahasranama

Vin!yak Chaturthi in Shukla Paksha Sankashta Chaturthi in Krishna Paksha

(before P%rnim!, Fullmoon) (between fullmoon and new moon)

Date Day Maas Paksha Chaturthī Date Day Month Paksha Tithi Name
Jan 13 Mon Posha Shukla Vināyak Jan 06 Mon Posha Shukla 11 Shaṭtilā-Ek!dash#
Jan 28 Tues M!gha Shukla Ang!raki Vināyak Jan 19 Sun Posha Krishna 11 Shaṭtilā-Ek!dash#
Feb 12 Wed M!gha Krishna Sankashtha Feb 05 Wed Māgha Shukla 11 Jayā-Ekādashī
Feb 27 Thurs F!lgun Shukla Vināyak Feb 19 Wed Māgha Krishna 11 Vijayā-Ekādashī
Mar 12 Thurs F!lgun Krishna Sankashtha Mar 05 Thurs F!lgun Shukla 11 Āmalki-Ekādashī
Mar 28 Sat Chaitra Shukla Vināyak Mar 20 Fri F!lgun Krishna 11 Pāpmochani-Ekādashī
Apr 10 Fri Chaitra Krishna Sankashtha Apr 04 Sat Chaitra Shukla 11 Kāmadā-Ekādashī
Var%thin#-Ek!dash#
Apr 27 Mon Vaish!kha Shukla Vināyak Apr 18 Sat Chaitra Krishna 11
Vallabhāchārya Jayantī
May 10 Sun Vaish!kha Krishna Sankashtha May 03 Sun Vaish!kha Shukla 11 Mohinī-Ekādashī
Vināyak - Angāraki
May 26 Tues Jyeshtha Shukla May 18 Mon Vaish!kha Krishna 11 Apar!-Ek!dash#
(Umā Chaturthi)

Bhūmi-Ekādashī
Jun 08 Sat Jyeshtha Krishna Sankashtha Jun 02 Tues Jyeshtha Shukla 11
Gāyatri Jayantī
Jun 24 Wed Ash!dha Shukla Vin!yak Jun 17 Wed Jyeshtha Krishna 11 Yogini-Ek!dash#
Dev Shaśani Ekādashi
July 08 Wed Ash!dha Krishna Sankashtha July 01 Wed Ash!dha Shukla 11
Chāturmās starts
July 24 Fri Shr!van Shukla Vināyak July 16 Thurs Ash!dha Krishna 11 K!mik!-Ek!dash#
Aug 07 Fri Shr!van Krishna Sankashtha July 30 Thurs Shr!vana Shukla 11 Pavitr!-Ek!dash#
Aug 22 Sat Bh!drapad Shukla Vin!yak (Gaṇesh Chaturthi) Aug 15 Sat Shr!vana Krishna 11 Aj!-Ek!dash#
Sep 05 Sat Bh!drapad Krishna Sankashtha Aug 29 Sat Bh!drapad Shukla 11 Parivartini-Ek!dash#
Sep 20 Sun Ashwin - Adhik Shukla Vināyak Sep 13 Sun Bh!drapad Krishna 11 Indir!-Ek!dash#
Oct 05 Mon Ashwin - Adhik Krishna Sankashtha Sep 27 Sun Ashwin - Adhik Shukla 11 Kamalā-Ek!dash#
Oct 20 Tues Ashwin - Dvitiya Shukla Vināyak - Angāraki Oct 13 Tues Ashwin - Adhik Krishna 11 Kamalā-Ek!dash#
Nov 04 Wed Ashwin - Dvitiya Krishna Sankashtha Oct 27 Tues Ashwin - Dvitiya Shukla 11 Pāshānkushā-Ekādashī
Nov 18 Wed K!rtik Shukla Vināyak Nov 11 Wed Ashwin - Dvitiya Krishna 11 Ramā-Ekādashī
Dec 04 Fri K!rtik Krishna Sankashtha Nov 26 Thurs K!rtik Shukla 11 Prabodhini-Ekādashī
Dec 18 Fri M!ghashirsha Shukla Vināyak Dec 11 Fri K!rtik Krishna 11 Utpatti-Ekādashī
Calendar Year 2020, Vikram Samvat 2076-2077

4 Navaratris starts on:

Dec 27, 2019 Fri Posha Shukla 1 Poshi-Navaratri

Mar 25, 2020 Wed Posha Shukla 1 Chaitri-Navaratri

Jun 22, 2020 Mon Ash!dha Shukla 1 Ash!dhi-Navaratri

Oct 17, 2020 Sat Dwitiya-Ashwin Shukla 1 Dwitiya-Ashwin-Navaratri

Durg! Ashthami 2020

&
Saraswati-P%jan in Ashwin

Date Day Maas Paksha Tithi

Jan 03 Fri Posha Shukla 8 Shākambhari-Navarātrī starts

Feb 02 Sun Māgha Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

Mar 03 Tues F!lgun Shukla 8 Holāshtak

Apr 01 Wed Chaitra Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

May 01 Fri Vaish!kha Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

May 30 Sat Jyeshtha Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

Jun 28 Sun Ash!dha Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

July 27 Mon Shr!vana Shukla 8 Shiva-P%jan Akshata-Rice

Aug 26 Wed Bh!drapada Shukla 8 R!dh! Ashthami/Dharo Ashthami

Sep 24 Thurs Ashwin-Adhik Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

Oct 23 Fri Dwitiya-Ashwin Shukla 8 Mahā-Ashthami/Saraswati Pūjan

Nov 22 Sun K!rtik Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami/Gop!shtam#

Dec 22 Tues M!rgashirsha Shukla 8 Durg! Ashthami

FULL MOON - P%rnim! 2020

On each occasion perform Satyanarayana-Puja and Badrinarayana-Puja

Date Day Month Paksha Tithi Name

Jan 10 Fri Posha Shukla 15 Posh#-P%rnim!

Feb 09 Sun M!gha Shukla 15 M!gh#-P%rnim!

Mar 09 Mon F!lgun Shukla 15 Holik! Dahan-P%rnim!

Apr 08 Wed Chaitra Shukla 15 Chaitri-P%rnim! / Hanum!n-Jayant#

May 07 Thurs Vaish!kha Shukla 15 Buddh!-Jayant#

Jun 05 Fri Jyeshtha Shukla 15 Jyeshthi-P%rnim!

July 05 Sun Ash!dha Shukla 15 Guru-P%rnim! / Vyās-Pūrnimā

Raksh!bandhan /
Aug 03 Mon Shr!vana Shukla 15
Yagnopavit change
Sep 02 Wed Bh!drapada Shukla 15 Praushthapadi-Bhādarvi-P%rnim!

Oct 01 Thurs Adhik-Ashwin Shukla 15 Udayāt-Pūrnimā

Oct 31 Sat Dwitiya-Ashwin Shukla 15 Sharad-P%rnim!

Dev-Div!li-Tripurāri Pūrnimā /
Nov 30 Mon K!rtik Shukla 15
Tulsi-Viv!ha ends
Dec 30 Wed M!rgashirsha Shukla 15 Datta-Jayant#
Gurupushy!m&t Yog (Thursday of good omen) Year 2020

Date WeekdayMaas Paksha Tithi Duration

Apr 02 Thurs Chaitra Shukla 9 (Navami) From 19:28 till sunrise

Apr 30 Thurs Vaishākha Shukla 7 (Saptami) From sunrise to sunrise

May 28 Thurs Jyeshtha Shukla 6 (Shashthi) From sunrise to 07:27 am

Recite mainly Devi Sooktam and Guru Mantras.

Somavati Am!v!sy! (New Moon Day on Monday) Year 2020

Date Day Maas Paksha Tithi Duration

July 20 Mon Ash!dha Krishna 30 (Am!v!sy!) From sunrise to sunrise

Recite Rudri, Namak- and Chamakam, repeat 11 times Shiva Mahimna Stotram, at the end Dvādashi
Jyotirlingam, Shiva Shadākshara Stotram, Shiva Panchākshara Stotram.
Continuous Mantra: OM Namah Shivāya.

ECLIPSES Year 2020

Date Day Maas Paksha Tithi Description

Jan 10 Fri Posha Shukla 15 (P%r[im!) Shadow Moon Eclipse

June 05/06 Fri/Sat Jyeshtha Shukla 15 (P%r[im!) Shadow Moon Eclipse

June 21 Sun Jyeshtha Krishna 30 (Am!v!sy!) Ring Solar Eclipse

15 (P%r[im!)
July 05 Sun Ash!dha Shukla Shadow Moon Eclipse
Gurup%rṇimā

Continous recitation of Gāyatri-Mantras on every floor of the temple, office building and kitchen. Keep
environment full of Gāyatri-Mantras-vibrations, possibly everywhere in Ashram.

PRADOSH Shani / Som / Bhom / Pradosh

Date Day Maas Paksha Tithi Description

Feb 07 Sat F!lgun Shukla 12 (Dv!dashi) Shani Pradosh

Mar 21 Sat F!lgun Krishna 12 (Dv!dashi) Shani Pradosh

Apr 20 Mon Chaitra Krishna 13 (Trayodashi) Som Pradosh

May 05 Tues Vaish!kha Shukla 13 (Trayodashi) Bhom Pradosh

May 19 Tues Vaish!kha Krishna 12 (Dv!dashi) Bhom Pradosh

July 19 Sat Ash!dha Krishna 13 (Trayodashi) Shani Pradosh

Aug 01 Sat Shr!van Shukla 13 (Trayodashi) Shani Pradosh

Sep 15 Tues Bh!drapad Krishna 13 (Trayodashi) Bhom Pradosh

Sep 29 Tues Adhik Ashwin Shukla 13 (Trayodashi) Bhom Pradosh