Monday
Monday, 26 October 2026
Pūrṇimā, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Āśvina (Padmanābha) māsa · Gaurābda 540 Nakṣatra: Aśvinī
4 songs to sing todayŚāradīya Rāsa-yātrā
The autumn full moon of the rāsa dance. Hear the Gopī-gīta and songs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
Lakṣmī Pūjā
A day to honour Lakṣmī Devī, the eternal consort of Lord Nārāyaṇa.
Disappearance day of Srila Murari Gupta
Physician-Devotee and Author of the Earliest Life of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Departed
- Year not recorded; tradition places the day on Sharad Purnima, the autumn rasa-lila full-moon
- Place
- According to tradition, near Ballal Dighi, Sri Mayapur, where his sripat and samadhi site stand
No source gives a year for Murari Gupta's disappearance, and we report this gap instead of guessing. What tradition does preserve is the day itself, and the honor his memory has received ever since.
Cāturmāsya
Fourth month begins
- No urad dal for one month
The four months of the rainy season are kept as a vow of simple living. In the first month devotees give up leafy vegetables, in the second yogurt, in the third milk and in the fourth urad dal.
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.