28 January – Basant Panchami

8 March – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti

9 March – Holi

1 April – Ram Navami

24 May – Akshya Tritya

1 June – Nirjala Ekadashi

3 July – Guru Purnima

22 July – Hariyali Teej

24 July – Naag Panchami

2 August – Raksha Bandhan

10 August – Shri Krishna Janmashtami

24 August  – Shri Radha Ashtami

24 October – Dusshera

29 October – Sharat Purnima

13 November – Deepawali

14 November – Govardhan Puja

28 November – Kartik Purnima

23 December  – Gita Jayanti

January 1, 2011 - New Year Celebration

January 15, 2011 – Makar Sankranti
Signifies the beginning of the harvest season. Celebrated not only all over India but other South East Asian Countries as well.

January 15 2011 - Jagadguru Diwas
Commemorates Shri Maharaj Ji’s being proclaimed the supreme Jagadguru of this age (Jagadguruttam) on Jan 14, 1957.

February 8, 2011 – Basant Panchmi
Marks the beginning of the spring season and falls on the fifth day of spring (Maagh). Also known as Saraswati Puja.

March 2, 2011 – Shiva Ratri
Shivaratri or ‘Shiva’s Great Night’ symbolizes the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati.

March 16, 2011 – Rang Ekadashi
Shri Maharaj Ji showers blessings and divine water with the essence of bhakti on this auspicious day.

March 19, 2011 – Mahaprabhu Jayanti
The descension day of Shri Radha Rani as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

March 20, 2011 – Holi (Dulhendi)
Festival of Colors. Bonfires are lit the day before, also known as Holika Dahan (burning of Holika) or Chhoti Holi.  Holi in the ashram is played with water dyed from the natural colours of flowers.

April 12, 2011 - Ram Navmi
This festival commemorates the birth of Lord Ram.

May 6, 2011 -  Akshay Tritiya
Akshaya Tritiya, also known as “Akha Teej”, is the appearance  day of Lord Parasurama, the sixth descension of supreme God.

May 8, 2011 - Mother’s Day

June 19, 2011 - Father’s Day

July 15, 2011 - Guru Poornima

August 4, 2011 - Nag Panchmi
The five Nāgas worshipped on Nag Panchami: Ananta, Vāsuki, Taxak, Karkotaka and Pingala.

August 13, 2011 - Raksha Bandhan
The day Shri Maharaj Ji ties a protective knot on everybody’s hands.

August 21, 2011 - Janmashtmi
Shri Krishna’s descension day.

September 5, 2011 - Radhashtmi
Shri Radha’s descension day.

September 11, 2011 - Anant Chaudas
Also known as Bhadrapad Shukla Chaturdashi or Anant Chaturdashi. The last day of the Ganesh festival, which begins with Ganesh Chaturthi.

October 6, 2011 - Vijayadashmi (Dussehra)
Concludes the festival of Navaratri and commemorates the triumph of good over evil. Dasha-hara means the “remover of bad fate” and marks the victory of Lord Ram over Ravana.

October 11, 2011 - Sharat Poornima
The full moon day in the month of Ashwin. It is also referred as Ras Lila Divas or Ras Lila day. Shri Maharaj Ji’s birthday.

October 15, 2011 - Karvachauth
Karva Chauth is a fast observed by married Hindu women mostly in North India for the well-being of their husbands.This festival comes 9 days before Diwali on ‘kartik ki chauth’, the fourth day of the dark moon.

October 24, 2011 - Dhanteras
After the Sagar Manthan between the Devatas and Asuras, Dhanvantri came out of the sea with celestial amrita. Also known as Dhanvantri Jayanti.

October 26, 2011 - Deepawali
Deepawali or Diwali is the festival of lights. Goddess Lakshmi is also worshiped on this day.

October 27, 2011 - Govardhan Puja
The word Govardhan has two meanings. Go means cows and vardhan means nourishment. In the other meaning Go stands for senses and vardhan means to divert the senses towards Shri Krishna. Both of these are done by Shri Giriraja. By residing in the foothills of Shri Giriraja, all the senses  are inclined to serve the Lotus Feet of Krishna. Lord Krishna also lifted  Govardhan Hill to save the Brajwasis from heavy rainfall caused by Indra.

October 28, 2011 - Bhaiya Dooj
Also known as Bhaiya dooj tikka festival, it honors the special bond between a brother and a sister.

November 6, 2011 - Dev Prabodhini Ekadashi
The importance of Dev Prabodhini Ekadasi was narrated to Sage Narada by Brahma in the Skanda Purana. Tulsi Vivah is performed on this day, the symbolic wedding of Tulsi to Lord Vishnu.

November 10, 2011 - Kartik Poornima
Lord Shiv killed the demon called Tipurasura on this day. Also marks the appearance of Matsya, the fifth decension of supreme God. The birthday of Vrinda, the personification of the Tulsi plant.