Thursday
Thursday, 2 April 2026
Pūrṇimā, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Caitra (Viṣṇu) māsa · Gaurābda 540 Nakṣatra: Hasta
6 songs to sing todayVasanta Rāsa
Lord Balarāma’s rāsa dance
The spring rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa, and of Lord Balarāma, in the forests of Vraja.
Vasanta Rāsa
The spring rāsa dance of Kṛṣṇa, and of Lord Balarāma, in the forests of Vraja.
Snāna-dāna at Rādhā-kuṇḍa
A holy day for bathing in Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Sing the glories of the most dear lake of Śrī Rādhā.
Appearance day of Srila Vamsivadana Thakura
Krishna's Flute Who Cared for Vishnupriya and Sachi Devi
- Appeared
- c. 1494-1495 (per the Vamsi-shiksha; some accounts give 1506 - sources differ)
- Place
- The house of Madhava Dasa, Kuliya-grama (present-day Navadwip), Bengal
Vamsivadana Thakura's father was Madhava Dasa, also recorded in some sources as Chakadi Chattopadhyaya. He was a brahmana householder of Kuliya-grama, a village that has since become part of the town of Navadwip. He was also a devoted follower of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in His own lifetime. Gaudiya tradition holds that Madhava Dasa's devotion was fully returned.
Appearance day of Srila Shyamananda Pandit
The Milkman's Son Who Carried the Goswamis Home
- Appeared
- Chaitra Purnima; traditionally dated 1535 AD by one detailed account from his family line, though most sources give no year
- Place
- Dharenda Bahadurpur, near present-day Kalaikunda, Midnapur district, Bengal
Almost everything about Shyamananda Pandit's boyhood and first initiation is really part of someone else's story, the story of his guru. Hridaya Chaitanya of Ambika Kalna is the reason a milkman's son from rural Bengal became a Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya at all. That relationship is already told in depth on Discovering Duhkhi Krishnadasa and Training and Sending Him to Vrindavana.
Songs to sing
- Jayati Te Dhikam Janmana VrajahGopis
- Krsna Prema Mayi RadhaJiva Goswami
- Jaya Radha MadhavaBhaktivinoda Thakura
- 4 Śrī Rādhā-kuṇḍa PraṇāmaSnāna-dāna at Rādhā-kuṇḍa
- Radha Kunda Tata Kunja KutirBhaktivinoda Thakura · Snāna-dāna at Rādhā-kuṇḍa
- 6 Cintāmaṇi Moya Rādhā Kuṇḍa TaṭaBhaktivinoda Thakura · Snāna-dāna at Rādhā-kuṇḍa
Dates and fasting times follow the ISKCON Vaiṣṇava calendar (GCal) for Vrindavan. Times in your town can differ by a few minutes.