Friday
Friday, 1 May 2026
Pūrṇimā, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Vaiśākha (Madhusūdana) māsa · Gaurābda 540 Nakṣatra: Svātī
8 songs to sing todayKṛṣṇa Phula-dola and Salila-vihāra
In the hot season Kṛṣṇa is swung on a swing decorated with flowers, and He enjoys pastimes in the cool water.
Appearance of Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa
The self-manifest Deity Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa appeared in Vṛndāvana from one of the śālagrāma-śilās of Śrīla Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī.
Appearance day of Srila Madhavendra Puri
Root of the Gaudiya Bhakti Creeper
- Appeared
- Not precisely recorded by tradition; Wikipedia estimates circa 1420
- Place
- Not recorded in the available sources
Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita gives no fixed year for Madhavendra Puri's disappearance, and no text gives one with any confidence. The commonly cited estimate of roughly 1490 is itself worked out from the dates of events around his life. It is not a date recorded anywhere in Vaishnava scripture. What the tradition does preserve in real detail is the way he passed away, not the calendar date.
Appearance day of Srila Srinivasa Acharya
The Acharya Who Carried the Goswamis' Scriptures to Bengal
- Appeared
- Full-moon day of Vaishakha; year disputed, roughly 1517-1530
- Place
- Chakhandi, on the Ganges, Bengal
This story has to begin with a brahmana named Gangadhara Bhattacharya, of the small village of Chakhandi on the Ganges, in Bengal. It begins with him because tradition says Srinivasa's whole life was foretold before he was born. Gangadhara had gone to Katwa and there watched Chaitanya Mahaprabhu accept sannyasa, the renounced order of life. The sight of the Lord's hair being cut overwhelmed him completely. Through his tears he could only repeat "Chaitanya!
Disappearance day of Parameshvara Dasa Thakura
The Fifth of Nityananda Prabhu's Twelve Gopalas
- Departed
- Not recorded (disappearance festival observed on the full-moon day of Vaishakha, April-May)
- Place
- Atapur, Hugli district, West Bengal
One of Nityananda Prabhu's twelve gopalas, who served Jahnava Devi and installed Radha-Gopinatha at Atapur. The Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika identifies him as the Vraja cowherd Arjuna. He is a different person from the Nadia confectioner Parameshvara Modaka.
Songs to sing
- 1 Rādhe! Cala Tomā Duṅhe Hindole VasāñāBhaktivinoda Thakura
- Jaya Radha MadhavaBhaktivinoda Thakura
- Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna Jaya VrndavanaKrsna Dasa
- 4 Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī PraṇāmaKrsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami · Srila Madhavendra Puri
- Krsnotkirtana Gana NartanaSrinivasa Acarya · Srila Srinivasa Acharya
- Je Anilo Prema DhanaNarottama Dasa Thakura
- Ohe Vaisnava ThakuraBhaktivinoda Thakura
- Thakura Vaisnava GanaNarottama Dasa Thakura
Dates and fasting times follow the ISKCON Vaiṣṇava calendar (GCal) for Vrindavan. Times in your town can differ by a few minutes.