Annual Calendar

Throughout the year a lot of devotional and spiritual activities take place in the Shree Gurudev Datta Mandir, Vakola. Important festivals and jayantis of Avatari Satpurushas are celebrated. The devotees of Shree Datta participate in these activities with great enthusiasm and thus feel blessed.
Given below are the important events which are held during the year.

Tithi	Event	Date 2018-2019
Chaitra Sh Pratipada	Gudi Padwa	Saturday 6^th April 2019
Chaitra Sh Dwitiya	Shree Swami Samarth Prakat Din	Sunday 7^thApril 2019
Chaitra Sh Chaturthi	Vinayak Chaturthi Angarak yoga	Tuesday 9^thApril 2019
Chaitra Sh Ashtami Chaitra Sh Navami	Durga Ashtami, Shree Ram Navami Samarth Ramdas Jayanti	Saturday 13^th April 2019
Chaitra Pournima	Hanuman Jayanti, Palki Utsav	Friday 19^th April 2019
Chaitra Pournima	Shree Vishwambar Avadhoot Jayanti 9^th Avatar	Friday 19^th April 2019
Chaitra Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Monday 22^nd April 2019
Chaitra Kr Trayodashi	Swami Samarth Punyatithi	Thursday 2^nd May 2019
Vaishakh Sh Tritiya	Akshaya Tritiya	Tuesday 7^th May 2019
Vaishakh Sh Panchami	Shree Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti	Thursday 9^th May 2019
Vaishakh Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Sunday 12^th May 2019
Vaishakh Sh Ashtami	Shree Shankar Maharaj Punyatithi	Sunday 12^th May 2019
Vaishakh Sh Chaturdashi	Shree Narshimha Jayanti	Friday 17^th May 2019
	Shree Mayamukta Avadhoot Jayanti 11^th Avatar
	Shree Adi Shankaracharya Punyatithi
Vaishakh Pournima	Palki Utsav	Saturday 18^th May 2019
Vaishakh Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Wednesday 22^nd May 2019
Vaishakh Kr Ekadashi	Apara Ekadashi	Thursday 30^th May 2019
Vaishakh Amavasya	Shaneshwar Jayanti	Monday 3^rdJune 2019
Jeshtha Sh Dwitiya	Shree Pandurangashram Swami Punyatithi	Wednesday 5^th June 2019
Jeshtha Sh Tritiya	Vinayak Chaturthi, Gurupushyamrut	Thursday 6^th June 2019
Jeshtha Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Monday 10^th June 2019
Jeshtha Sh Ekadashi	Nirjala Ekadashi	Thursday 13^th June 2019
Jeshtha Sh Trayodashi	Shree Mayayukta Avadhoot Jayanti 10^th Avatar	Saturday 15^th June 2019
Jeshtha Pournima	Palki Utsav	Monday 17^th June 2019
Jeshtha Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Thursday 20^th June 2019
Jeshtha Kr Tritiya	Dakshinayan Arambha	Friday 21^st June 2019
Ashad Sh Pratipada	Datta Mandir Pratishtha Din	Wednesday 3^rd July 2019
Ashad Sh Pratipada	Shree Vasudevanand Saraswati Punyatithi	Wednesday 3^rd July 2019
Ashad Sh Dwitiya	Gurupushyamrut	Thursday 4^th July 2019
Ashad Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Tuesday 9^th July 2019
Ashad Sh Ekadashi	Ashadi Ekadashi, Geeta Jayanti	Friday 12^th July 2019
Ashad Pournima	Guru Pournima, Palki Utsav	Monday 16^th July 2019
	Shree Adiguru Jayanti 12^th Avatar
	Khandgras Chandra Grahan
Ashad Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Saturday 20^th July 2019
Ashad Kr Dwadashi	Swami Nityanand Punya Tithi (Ganeshpuri)	Monday 29^th July 2019
Ashad Kr Amavasya	Darsha Pratipada, Deep Pooja	Wednesday 31^st July 2019
Ashad Kr Amavasya Shravan Sh Pratipada	Gurupushyamrut	Thursday 1^st July 2019
Shravan Sh Panchami	Naga Panchami	Monday 5^th August 2019
Shravan Sh Ashtami	Shree Shivarupa Jayanti 13^th Avatar	Thursday 8^th August 2019
Shravan Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Thursday 8^th August 2019
Shravan Sh Navatami	Shree Varadalakshmi Vrata	Friday 9^th August 2019
Shravan Sh Ekadashi	Shree Pachlegaokar Maharaj Punyatithi	Sunday 11^th August 2019
Shravan Sh Chaturdashi	Narali Pournima	Wednesday 14th August 2019
Shravan Pournima	Palki Utsav	Thursday 15^th August 2019
Shravan Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Monday 19^th August 2019
Shravan Kr Panchami	Shree Vasudevanand Saraswati Jayanti	Tuesday 20^th August 2019
Shravan Kr Ashtami	Gokulashtami	Saturday 23^rd August 2019
Shravan Kr Ashtami	Shree Balekundri Maharaj Jayanti	Saturday 23^rd August 2019
Bhadrapad Sh Chaturthi	Shreepad Shreevallabh Jayanti	Monday 2^nd September 2019
Bhadrapad Sh Panchami	Shree Gajanan Maharaj Punyatithi	Tuesday 3^rd September 2019
Bhadrapad Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Friday 6^th September 2019
Bhadrapad Pournima	Shree Devdeva Jayanti 14^th Avatar	Saturday 14^th September 2019
Bhadrapad Pournima	Palki Utsav	Saturday 14^th September 2019
Bhadrapad Kr Chaturthi	Angarika, Sankasht Chaturthi	Tuesday 17^th September 2019
Bhadrapad Kr Amavasya	Sarvapitri Amavasya	Saturday 28^th September 2019
Ashwin Sh Pratipada	Ghatastapana Navaratri Arambha	Sunday 29^th September 2019
Ashwin Sh Panchami	Shree Lalita Panchami	Wednesday 2^nd October 2019
Ashwin Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Sunday 6^th October 2019
Ashwin Sh Navami	Mahanavami	Monday 7^th October 2019
Ashwin Dashami	Vijaya Dashami/Dasara Shree Saibaba Punyatithi	Tuesday 8^th October 2019
Ashwin Pournima	Shree Digambar Jayanti 15^th Avatar	Sunday 13^th October 2019
Ashwin Pournima	Palki Utsav	Sunday 13^th October 2019
Ashwin Kr Tritiya	Shree Balekundri Maharaj Punyatithi	Wednesday 16^th October 2019
Aswin Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Thursday 17^th October 2019
Aswin Kr Ekadashi	Rama Ekadashi	Thursday 24^th October 2019
Ashwin Kr Dwadashi	Shree Shreevallabh Punyatithi	Friday 25^th October 2019
Ashwin Kr Dwadashi	Guru Dwadashi & Dhana Trayodashi	Friday 25^th October 2019
Ashwin Kr Chaturdashi and Amavasya	Shree Pachlegaokar Maharaj Jayanti	Sunday 27^th October 2019
Ashwin Kr Chaturdashi and Amavasya	Laxmi Pujan	Sunday 27^th October 2019
Kartik Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Monday 4^th November 2019
Kartik Sh Navami	Shree Rangavadhoot Maharaj Jayanti	Tuesday 5^th November 2019
Kartik Sh Dwadashi	Shree Shyam Kamallochan Jayanti 16^th Avatar	Saturday 9^th November 2019
Kartik Sh Caturdashi	Vaikuntha Caturdashi	Monday 11^th November 2019
Kartik Pournima	Tripurari Pournima, Palki Utsav	Tuesday 12^th November 2019
Kartik Pournima	Shree Yogiraj Jayanti 1^st Avatar	Tuesday 12^th November 2019
Kartik Kr Pratipada	Shree Atrivarad Jayanti 2^nd Avatar	Wednesday 13^th November 2019
Kartik Kr Dwitiya	Shree Dattatreya Jayanti 3rd Avatar	Thursday 14^th November 2019
Kartik Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Friday 15^th November 2019
Kartik Amavasya	Shree Rangavadhoot Maharaj Punyatithi	Tuesday 26^th November 2019
Margashirsha Sh Pratipada	Devdeepavali	Wednesday 27^th November 2019
Margashirsha Sh Shasti	Champa Shasti	Monday 2^nd December 2019
Margashirsha Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Wednesday 4^th December 2019
Margashirsha Sh Ekadashi	Mokshada Ekadashi, Gita Jayanti	Sunday 8^th December 201
Margashirsha Sh Ekadashi	Shree Manik Prabhu Punyatithi	Sunday 8^th December 201
Margashirsha Sh Chaturdashi	Shree Datta Jayanti/Palki Utsav/Shree Kalagnishaman Jayanti 4^th Avatar	Wednesday 11^th December 2019
Margashirsha Sh Chaturdashi	Shree Manik Prabhu Jayanti	Wednesday 11^th December 2019
Margashirsha Poornima	Bhiksha Prasad/Bhandara/Palki Utsav	Thursday 12^th December 2019
Margashirsha Poornima	Shree Yogijan Vallabha Jayanti 5^th Avatar	Thursday 12^th December 2019
Margashirsha Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Sunday 15^th December 2019
Margashirsha Kr Dashami	Shree Gondivalekar Maharaj Punyatithi	Saturday 21^st December 2019
Margashirsha Kr Trayodashi	Shree Gulavani Maharaj Jayanti	Tuesday 24^th December 2019
Margashirsha Amavasya	Surya Grahan	Thursday 26^th December 2019
Pausha Sh Dwitiya	Shree Narsimha Saraswati Jayanti	Saturday 28^th December 2019
Pausha Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Friday 3^rd January 2020
Pausha Poornima	Shakambari Poornima, Palki Utsav	Friday 10^th January 2020
Pausha Poornima	Shree Lila Vishwambhar Jayanti 6^th Avatar	Friday 10^th January 2020
Pausha Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Monday 13^th January 2020
Pausha Kr Ashtami	Shree Gulavani Maharaj Punyatithi	Friday 17^th January 2020
Pausha Kr Dwadashi	Shree Gagangiri Maharaj Punyatithi	Tuesday 21^st January 2020
Magh Sh Chaturthi	Shree Ganesh Jayanti	Tuesday 28^th January 2020
Magh Sh Panchami	Vasant Panchami	Thursday 30^th January 2020
Magh Sh Saptami	Rathasaptami	Saturday 1^st February 2020
Magh Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Sunday 2^nd February 2020
Magh Pournima	Shree Siddharaj Jayanti 7^th Avatar	Sunday 9^th February 2020
Magh Pournima	Palki Utsav	Sunday 9^th February 2020
Magh Kr Pratipada	Shree Narsimha Saraswati Punyatithi	Monday 10^th February 2020
Magh Kr Pratipada	Gurupratipada	Monday 10^th February 2020
Magh Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Wednesday 12^thFebruary 2020
Magh Kr Saptami	Shree Gajanan Maharaj Prakat Din	Saturday 15^th February 2020
Magh Kr Navami	Shree Ramdas Navami	Monday 17^th February 2020
Magh Kr Navami	Shree Samarth Ramdas Punyatithi	Monday 17^th February 2020
Magh Kr Chaturdashi	Mahashivratri	Friday 21^st February 2020
Phalgun Sh Ashtami	Durgashtami	Tuesday 3^rd March 2020
Phalgun Sh Dashami	Shree Dnyansagar Jayanti 8^th Avatar	Thursday 5^th March 2020
Phalgun Poornima	Palki Utsav	Monday 9^th March 2020
Phalgun Kr Dwitiya	Shree Satam Maharaj Punyatithi	Wednesday 11^th March 2020
Phalgun Kr Chaturthi	Sankasht Chaturthi	Thursday 12^th March 2020

Important Annual Festivals

Prathishtha Din (Ashad Sh Pratipada) Saptah. In this week long utsav, bhajans, kirtans and pravachan by professional artistes are performed in the night along with the nitya bhajan and aarti. The saptah starts from Jeshtha Kr Dashami and ends on Ashad Sh Pratipada.
Guru Pournima (Ashad Pournima) Saptah. During this week devotees do parayan of Shree Gurucharitra. All arrangements are taken care of by the temple. In addition to this, devotees also read the Shree Guru Gita composed by Shree Samarth Ramdas. The saptah starts from Ashad Sh Navami and ends on Ashad Pournima. On Guru Pournima, bhandara is organized during the day.
Shree Datta Jayanti (Margashirsh Pournima) Saptah. In this week long utsav, bhajans, kirtans and pravachan by professional artistes are performed in the night along with the nitya bhajan and aarti. Devotees also do parayan of Shree Gurucharitra. On the day following Shree Datta Jayanti, bhandara is organized during the day and Palkhi Utsav takes place in the night. The saptah starts from Margashirsh Sh Ashtami and ends on Margashirsh Sh Chaturdashi.
During the Adhik Maas/Purushottam Maas that occurs once every 3 years, daily reading of a chapter of the Adhik Maas Puran takes place by a designated devotee, while the other devotees benefit by the shravan of this holy scripture.
Once a year, typically in the month of Karthik, dhvani mudran of the holy Shreemad Bhagwat Geeta is organized in the temple. One adhyay of the Yatharth Geeta by Shri Paramhans Swami Adgananandji is played every night after the nitya bhajan and aarti karyakram. The bhaktas feel truly blessed by the shravan of the Geeta in the hallowed walls of the Datta Mandir, Vakola.