Saturday
Saturday, 31 January 2026
Trayodaśī, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Māgha (Mādhava) māsa · Gaurābda 539 Nakṣatra: Punarvasu
Nityānanda Trayodaśī
Appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
- Fast till noon
- Appeared
- c. 1474, Magha Sukla Trayodashi
- Place
- Ekachakra, Birbhum, Bengal
Ekachakra is not the kind of place from which movements are expected to start. It lies in the district of Birbhum, in the part of western Bengal that the old texts call Radhadesha, literally the country where the Ganges is not visible. Nabadwip, some sixty miles to the east, was the most famous centre of Sanskrit learning in the province. It was a town of logicians and grammarians, where a young scholar could make a national reputation.
Songs to sing
Dates and fasting times follow the ISKCON Vaiṣṇava calendar (GCal) for Vrindavan. Times in your town can differ by a few minutes.