Friday
Friday, 18 June 2027
Pūrṇimā, Gaura (bright) pakṣa Jyeṣṭha (Trivikrama) māsa · Gaurābda 541 Nakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā
2 songs to sing todaySnāna-yātrā
Lord Jagannātha's bathing festival, before His Ratha-yātrā.
Disappearance day of Srila Mukunda Datta
Class friend and favorite singer of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Departed
- Jyeshtha purnima, the day of Snana Yatra (year not recorded)
- Place
- Jagannatha Puri (samadhi in the traditional “64 Samadhis” area)
No source records the year Mukunda Datta was born or the year he disappeared. What survives instead is a date on the Gaudiya Vaishnava calendar, a burial site at Puri, a spiritual identity from Krishna's own pastimes, and a brother whose fame, in the end, grew to rival his own.
Disappearance day of Sri Kholavecha Shridhara
The Khola-Seller of Navadwip
- Departed
- Date not recorded in the available sources
- Place
- Not recorded in the available sources
A penniless seller of banana-tree bark in Navadwip whose simple, one-pointed devotion made him one of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's most cherished daily companions.
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.