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Dates of Interest to Sri Vaishnavas
Important Note: These dates are valid for Indian Standard Time. If you are very particular about observing events on the correct day, you must make appropriate calculations to convert these dates to your timezone in your part of the world. Dates such as Ekadasi and tirunakshatrams should be calculated according to when the celestial events occur in your part of the world; accordingly these dates are sometimes more properly celebrated on the calendar day before (if west of India) or after (if east of India) what is given below.
July 2001 -- vrisha varsha
AshADa / SrAvaNa -- Ani / ADi
- Tiruvaadipooram (Andal tirunakshatram)
- Adi shukravaaram
- Ekadasi
August 2001
SrAvaNa / bhAdrapada -- ADi / AvaNi
- Adi shukravaaram
Alavandaar (Yamunacharya) tirunakshatram- Rg Upakarma (not for first-timers -- see below), Yajur Upakarma
Hayagriva Jayanti, Gayatri Japam (yes, Yajur Upakarma and Gayatri Japam on the same day, Indian Standard Time)- Adi shukravaaram
- Krishna Janmashtami (this is not Sri Krishna Jayanti -- see below)
- Ekadasi
- Sama Upakarma
- Ekadasi
- Vamana Jayanti
- Rg Upakarma for first-timers
September 2001
bhAdrapada / adhika ASvayuja -- AvaNi / puraTTAsi
- Mahalaya (also known as pitR-paksha or SrAddh) begins
- Sri Krishna Jayanti (mannAr reckoning -- munitraya tradition, Parakala Matha, etc.)
- Sri Krishna Jayanti (Ahobila Matha, Thengalai, etc.)
- Ekadasi
- Mahalaya ends
- Sri Adi Van Sathakopa Jiyar tirunakshatram
- Ekadasi
Sri Vedanta Desika tirunakshatram
October 2001
adhika ASvayuja / ASvayuja -- puraTTAsi / aippasi
- Ekadasi
- Navaratri begins
- Jiyar tirunakshatram (Sri Manavaala Maamunigal)
- Vishvaksena tirunakshatram
- Mahanavami (Ayudha Puja), Hayagriva Puja
Poykai Alvar, Sri Pillai Lokacharya tirunakshatram- Vijayadasami
Bhutatt-Alvar tirunakshatram- Pey Alvar tirunakshatram
- Ekadasi
November 2001
ASvayuja / kArtika -- aippasi / kArttikai
- Ekadasi
- Deepavali (Naraka Chaturdasi)
- Deepavali II (Bali paadyami)
- Kaisika Ekadasi
- Utthaana / Kaisika Dvadasi
- Karttikai Deepam
Tirumangai Alvar, Nampillai tirunakshatram
December 2001
kArtika / mArgaSira -- kArttikai / mArgazhi
- Tiruppan Alvar tirunakshatram
- Margazhi begins
- Vaikuntha Ekadasi
January 2002
mArgaSira / pushya -- mArgazhi / tai
- Mudaliyandan (Dasarathi) tirunakshatram
- Ekadasi
- Koodaarai Vellum (Tiruppavai 27)
Thondar-adi-podi Alvar tirunakshatram- Karavai (Tiruppavai 28)
- Makara Sankranti. Pongal. Bhogi
- Kanu
- Ekadasi
- Embaar (Sri Govinda Perumaal) tirunakshatram
- Tirumazhisai Alvar tirunakshatram
February 2002
pushya / mAgha -- tai / mAsi
- Kurattalvan tirunakshatram
- Ekadasi
- Tirukkacci Nambi tirunakshatram
- Bhishma Ekadasi
- Kulasekhara Alvar tirunakshatram
March 2002
mAgha / phAlguna -- mAsi / panguni
- Ekadasi
- Sravana Dvadasi (by one reckoning)
- Ekadasi
- Panguni Uttaram
April 2002
phAlguna -- panguni
- Ekadasi
- Yugadi (Lunar New Year's Day)
- Varsha Pirappu (Solar New Year's Day)
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