Wednesday
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Pratipat, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Phālguna (Govinda) māsa · Gaurābda 539 Nakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā
5 songs to sing today
Disappearance day of Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
Vaishnava Sarvabhauma: Emperor Among the Vaishnavas
- Departed
- date not precisely recorded; Vaishnava tradition holds he lived to an extraordinary age
- Place
- Nabadwip, Bengal
Jagannatha Dasa Babaji did not write books or found an institution. What he left behind was a circle of disciples. Through them, he left an unbroken, living connection to everything that followed in modern Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
Disappearance day of Srila Rasikananda Prabhu
The Preacher Who Crossed Every Caste Line in Odisha
- Departed
- First day of the bright fortnight of Phalguna, Sakabda 1574 (1652 AD)
- Place
- Kshira-chora Gopinatha Temple, Remuna, Odisha
After preaching across Odisha for decades, Rasikananda left this world in a way that is remembered as deliberate and unhurried. It is remembered as a final act of devotion, not as an illness or accident that overtook him.
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.