Madhwa Festivals and Months

This is my 200th post 🙂 As a special milestone, I am blogging a handy calendar or checklist for the important festivals in every month paksha wise and some important concepts in Madhwa calendar including chaathur Maasa and Adhika Maasa

Pitru paksha begins

Month/Maasa	Maasa niyamaka	Paksha	Thithi	Festival/event
Chaitra	Padmini – Vishnu	Shukla	Pratipat	Ugadi
			Tritiya	Shri matsya jayanthi
			Navami	Rama Navami
			Purnima	Hanuman Jayanti
				Vaishaka snana begins
		Krishna	Chathurdashi	Shri varaha jayanthi
Vaishaka	Kamalalaya – Madhusudhana	Shukla	Tritiya	Akshaya Trutiya
				Shri parasurama jayanthi
			Chaturdashi	Narasimha Jayanti
			Dasami	Srinivasa kalyana
			Trayodashi	Veda Vyasa Jayanti
			Pournima	Shri kurma Jayanthi
				Vaishaka snana ends
Jyeshta	Ramaa – Trivikrama	Shukla	Dashami	Bhageerathi Jayathi
			Pournami	Vata savithri vrata
Ashaada	Vrushakapi – vamana	Shukla	Ekadashi	Chathur masa beginning
			Amavasya	Deepa sthamba pooja
Shravana*	Dhanya  – Sridhara	Shukla	Chaturthi	Naga Chathurthi
			Panchami	Naga Panchami
			Sukravara(Friday)	Varalakshmi vrata
			Shravana Nakshathra	Rig veda upakarma
			Pournami	Yajur veda upakarma
				Hayagreeve jayanthi
		Krishna	Ashtami	Krishna Jayanthi
Bhadrapada	Vruddhi – Hrishiskesha	Shukla	Dhvithiya	Shri varaha and Dhanvanthri jayanthi
			Tritiya	Swarna gowri vrata
			Chathurthi	Ganesha chathurthi
			Panchami	Rishi Panchami
			Dwadasi	Vamana jayanthi
			Chathurdashi	Ananta chathurdashi
		Krishna	Prathima
			Amavasya	Mahalaya Amavasya
Ashwija	Yagna – Padmanabha	Shukla	Prathama	Navrathri begins
			Saptami	Saraswathy Pooja begins
			Ashtami	Durgashtami
			Navami	Ayudha Pooja
			Dashami	Madhva jayanthi/Vijaya dasami
			Pournima	Karthika snana begins
		Krishna	Chathurdashi	Naraka chathurdashi
			Amavasya	Deepavali/Laxmi Pooja
Karthika	Indira – Damodhara	Shukla	Pratipat	Bali padyami
			Dvadashi	Tulasi vivaha
			Pournima	Karthiga snana ends
				Dhathri Havana
Margashira	Shri – Kesahva	Shukla	Shasti	Subramanya Shashti
			Ekadashi	Geetha Jayanthi
			Ashtami	Bhima jayanthi
Dhanur	Sankarshana			Laxmi Narayana Pooja
Pousha	Laxmi Narayana	Shukla	Pournami	Magha snana begins
Maagha	Kamala – Madhava	Shukla	Sapthami	Ratha sapthami
			Ashtami	Bheesmastami
			Navami	Madhva Navami
			Pournima	Magha snana ends
Phalguna	Padma – Govinda	Shukla	Pournami	Holi

*On Every Tuesday of Shravana Maasa, Married ladies for the first five years after wedding should do  Mangala Gowri Pooja
Chathur Maasya:

 These four months are said to be pleasing to Lord Sri Maha Vishnu when He enters into Yoga Nidra (Divine slumber) on Aashada Sukla Ekadasi day called Deva Sayani or Hari Sayani Ekadasi.and He gets up from Yoga Nidra on Kartheeka Sukla Dwadasi day called Uttana Dwadasi.

1. SHAKA VRATHA – Ashada Shudda Ekadashi to Shravana Shudda Dashami
2. DADHI VRATHA -Shravana Shudda Ekadashi to Bhadrapada Shudda Dashami
3. KSHEERA VRATHA – Bhadrapada Shudda Ekadashi to Ashwayuja Shudda Dashami
4. DVIDALA VRATHA – Ashwayuja Shudda Ekadashi to Karthika Shudda Dashami

Dakshinayana and Uttarayana:

• Uttarayana starts on Makara Sankramana Day, usually January 14 or 15th and Dakshinayana starts usually on July 15th or 16th.
• Starting from Makara (Capricorn) up to Mithuna (Gemini), the travel of Sun is called as Uttarayana and starting from Karkataka (Cancer) up to Dhanus (Sagittarius) it is known as Dakshinayana.
• It is believed and said that Uttarayana represents Devathas and Dakshinayana represents Pithrus.
• It is also said that Uttarayana is the day time and Dakshinayana is the night time for devathas.That is one human year is equal to one day for devathas

Adhika Maasa:

Adhika Masa is the thirteenth month in a Calender year followed by Lunar Calender,i.e., Chandramana reethya.

The concept of adding one extra month after every 33 months is known as Adhika Masa.

Maasa Niyamaka: Purushotthama

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