- Srila Prabhupada
Calendar 2026
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-CHAIRMAN Dear Devotees,
Dear TOVP Donors and Supporters, Greetings from Sridham Mayapur and the entire TOVP Team. I am very pleased to provide you with the new TOVP calendar for the year 2026. The calendar theme tells the story of our incredible progress (with your help, of course) since Srila Prabhupada’s direct instruction to me in 1971, leading to the opening of the A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Legacy Museum in February, 2025. While we had originally planned to open the TOVP at the end of 2026 with a three-month-long celebration, we came to realize that the perfect moment for this grand occasion would be as an offering to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada on his
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for your continued support and seva to this most monumental ISKCON project and vision of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Fulfilling his desire is our life’s goal and purpose, and I am so grateful to you all for your sacrifices in helping to achieve that purpose. As I travel around the world fundraising, I realize that the TOVP Story, which is the theme of this calendar, is not just one which will end with the opening of the temple. That will actually be only the beginning of the story, because the real story of glory will be how many jivas will achieve the perfection of life by visiting the TOVP. The TOVP is predicted to become the Tirupati of the East , and 60
Ambarisa Dasa (Alfred Ford), great-grandson of the famous American Industrialist Henry Ford, and Chairman for the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
Braja Vilasa das, Vice Chairman and Director of Development of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium.
million visitors are expected annually upon its opening. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s vision is universal and omnipresent. Krsnadas Kaviraja Goswami states in Caitanya Caritamrta that it will be preached throughout the universe. Our part here on this small earth is to establish Krishna consciousness in every town and village, and the TOVP will naturally be the fundamental source of that influence from many perspectives, direct and indirect. We have only to become instruments in that transcendental lila to participate and help bring it about. Please continue to generously support this project to its completion, and may the Lord bless you with a most prosperous and fulfilling 2026.
50 th Disappearance Anniversary in 2027. It will still be a three-month festival, but shall begin on the most auspicious day observing the tirobhava ceremony of Srila Prabhupada’s entrance into samadhi. As we approach that historic event, I hope all ISKCON devotees will contemplate the importance of this project and the profound influence it will have on the world. As our ISKCON mission is to reclaim the conditioned souls from maya and bring them back to Godhead, the TOVP will be THE major driving force in that direction. This has been predicted by Lord Nityananda, and confirmed by Srila Prabhupada and Bhaktivinoda Thakur. I thank each and every one of you for your support. Let us all continue to work in cooperation for this end. Together we can fulfill Lord Caitanya’s vision of the world sankirtana movement. May 2026 bring you further advancement in Krishna consciousness and the Lord’s seva.
Your servant, Braja Vilasa das
Your servant, Ambarisa dasa
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TEMPLE OF THE VEDIC PLANETARIUM CALENDAR 2026
The TOVP Story 1971-2025: From Kutir to Mandir
The TOVP Story 1971-2025: From Kutir to Mandir is also the name of our official promo book of the same name up till the year 2024, available as a free flipbook to view, download and share at: www.online.flippingbook.com/view/852625144/ The calendar is, of course, an abridged form of the publication, but presents an inspiring snapshot of the milestone moments in history that defined our progress from the humble beginnings of Srila Prabhupada’s straw hut bhajan kutir to the largest modern Vedic temple in the world. As Srila Prabhupada himself said in the quote on the inside front cover, “Let them see what we were, and what we have become.” Future generations of ISKCON devotees, Vaishnavas and historians will one day look upon this project as a major step in world progress, confirming the prophetic words of Srila Prabhupada: “In the future, people will speak of the Hare Krishna movement as the organization that saved the world in its darkest hour.” The story is not over yet, and even when opened in 2027, the 50 th Disappearance Anniversary Year of Srila Prabhupada, the TOVP’s reputation will increase as a continuous story of life- changing causeless mercy upon the conditioned souls from Srila Prabhupada, our acharyas and Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We hope you will be inspired to be part of history in the making by helping to complete the TOVP. Whether you have given a donation before or not, please go to the TOVP Seva Opportunities page and support this monumental task:
Note: This calendar is calculated through the Vaishnava Calendar Services website. Please refer to an authorized ISKCON calendar service for exact timings in your zone such as: www.gopal.home. sk/gcal. Some photos by Thakur Saranga das | Layout by Balaram Dauji Das | Photographs © of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Used with permission
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Srila Prabhupada requesting Ambarisa to finance the TOVP, 1976 (c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Used with permission.
January 2026
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Purnima
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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura Dis. Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi App. Sri Raghunandana Thakura App. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami App.
New Year’s Day Break fast 6:18 - 9:52
Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka Last day of Narayana Masa
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Pancami Sri Ramacandra Kaviraja Dis. Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami App.
First day of Madhava Masa
Sri Jayadeva Gosvami Dis. Sri
Locana Dasa Thakura Dis.
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Dvadasi Ganga Sagara Mela Makara Sankranti Break fast 6:20 - 9:57
Fasting for Sat-tila Ekadasi
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Amavasya
Vasanta Pancami Srimati Visnupriya Devi App. Sarasvati Puja Visnupriya App.
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Dvadasi Varaha Dvadasi: App. of Lord Varahadeva (Fasting is done yesterday) Break fast 6:17 - 9:59
Nityananda Trayodasi: App. of Sri Nityananda Prabhu (Fast till noon)
Sri Advaita Acarya App. (Fast till noon)
Sri Madhvacarya Dis. * Sri Ramanujacarya Dis.
Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi (Fast today for Varahadeva)
Bhismastami
1971
1972
1976
1980
Sri Mayapur Project established by Srila Prabhupada
First Gaura Purnima Festival Installation of Ananta- Sesha Deity in the foundation pit of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium
Gaura Purnima Srila Prabhupada reveals details for his Temple of the Vedic Planetarium
Gaura Purnima Sri Radha-Madhava Deities are installed
1986
1996
2004
2009
Gaura Purnima 500 th Anniversary Lord Nrsimhadeva Deity is installed
Gaura Purnima Srila Prabhupada's Puspa Samadhi Mandir is opened and murti installed
Gaura Purnima Sri Pancatattva Deities are installed
TOVP construction begins
Srila Prabhupada placing the Ananta Sesha deity in the TOVP foundation pit, 1972
February 2026
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Purnima
Sri Krsna Madhura Utsava Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura App. Last day of Madhava Masa First day of Govinda Masa
Sri Purusottama Das Thakura Dis. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura App. (fast till noon)
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Dvadasi Sri Isvara Puri Dis. Kumbha Sankranti Break fast 6:09 - 9:57 Valentine’s Day
Fasting for Vijaya Ekadasi
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Amavasya
Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Dis. Sri Rasikananda Dis.
Sri Purusottama Dasa Thakura App.
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Dvadasi Sri Madhavendra Puri Dis. Break fast 5:59 - 9:52
Fasting for Amalaki vrata Ekadasi
2016
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Superstructure completed
Chakra Installation
Pujari Floor Completed
Prabhupada Murti Welcomed
2024
2025
Nrsimhadeva Wing Grand Opening
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Legacy Museum Opening
March 2026
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* Gaura Purnima: App. of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Fast till moonrise) Last day of Govinda Masa
Festival of Jagannatha Misra First day of Visnu Masa
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Sri Srivasa Pandita App.
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Amavasya
Fasting for Papamocani Ekadasi Mina Sankranti
Dvadasi Sri Govinda Ghosh Dis. Break fas t5:44 - 9:43
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Rama Navami: App. of Lord Sri Ramacandra (Fast till sunset)
Sri Ramanujacarya App.
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Damanakaropana Dvadasi Break fast 5:31 - 7:12
Fasting for Kamada Ekadasi
Srila Prabhupada viewing first TOVP model, 1972
Original bajan kutir straw hut, 1972
Sri Sri Chota Radha Madhava installation, 1972
Sri Sri Radha Madhava installed, 1980
April 2026
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Purnima
Sri Balarama Rasayatra Sri Krsna Vasanta Rasa Sri Vamsivadana Thakura App. Sri Syamananda Prabhu App. Last day of Visnu Masa
First day of Madhusudana Masa
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Sri Abhirama Thakura Dis.
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Amavasya
Tulasi Jala Dan begins. Mesa Sankranti Break fast 6:57 - 9:30
Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura Dis.
Fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi
Sri Gadadhara Pandita App.
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Srimati Sita Devi (consort of Lord Sri Rama) App. Sri Madhu Pandita Dis. Srimati Jahnava Devi App .
RADHA MADHAVA 12 DAY MATCHING FUNDRAISER BEGINS
Aksaya Trtiya. Candana Yatra starts. (Continues for 21 days) )
Jahnu Saptami
RADHA MADHAVA 12 DAY MATCHING FUNDRAISER
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Nrsimha Caturdasi: App. of Lord Nrsimhadeva (Fast till dusk) RADHA MADHAVA 12 DAY MATCHING FUNDRAISER ENDS
Fasting for Mohini Ekadasi Rukmini Dvadasi
Dvadasi Break fast 5:05 - 9:24
Sri Jayananda Prabhu Dis.
RADHA MADHAVA 12 DAY MATCHING FUNDRAISER
Tree clearing on the first day of grounds preparation, 2009
Sri Pancha Tattva installed, 2004
Lord Nrsimhadeva arrives in Mayapur, 1986
May 2026
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Sri Paramesvari Dasa Thakura Dis. Sri Sri Radha-Ramana Devaji App. Sri Madhavendra Puri App. Sri Srinivasa Acarya App. Last day of Madhusudana Masa
Krsna Phula Dola Salila Vihara
First day of Trivikrama Masa
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Sri Ramananda Raya Dis.
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Dvadasi Srila Vrndavana Dasa Thakura App. Tulasi Jala Dan ends Break fast 4:55 - 09:20
Trivikrama Masa temporarily ends for Purusottama-adhika Masa
Fasting for Apara Ekadasi
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First day of Purusottama-adhika Masa
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Dvadasi Break fast 4:50 - 7:59
Fasting for Padmini Ekadasi
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Purnima
The first of 2500+ foundation ‘piles’ being driven, 2009
Inauguration fire yajna, 2009
TOVP superstructure completed, 2016
June 2026
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Dvadasi Break fast 4:49 - 9:20
Fasting for Parama Ekadasi
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Amavasya
Last day of Purusottama-adhika Masa Flag Day
Mithuna Sankranti Trivikrama Masa restarts
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Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana Dis. Ganga Puja Srimati Gangamata Gosvamini App.
Fasting for Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi (Total fast even from water if you have broken Ekadasi)
Panihati Cida Dahi Utsava Break fast 4:52 - 9:23
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Purnima
Snana Yatra Sri Mukunda Datta Dis. Sri Sridhara Pandita Dis. Last day of Trivikrama Masa
Sri Syamananda Prabhu Dis. First day of Vamana Masa
Chakra Installation, 2020
July 2026
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Sri Syamananda Prabhu Disap.
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Sri Vakresvara Pandita App.
Sri Srivasa Pandita Dis.
Fasting for Yogini Ekadasi
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Amavasya
Ratha Yatra Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami Dis. Sri Sivananda Sena Dis. Karka Sankranti
Sri Gadadhara Pandita Dis. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Dis.
Dvadasi Break fas 4:57 - 9:27
Gundica Marjana
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Hera Pancami (4 days after Ratha Yatra)
Return Ratha (8 days after Ratha Yatra)
Fasting for Sayana Ekadasi Paksa vardhini Mahadvadasi
Sri Vakresvara Pandita Dis.
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Purnima
Guru (Vyasa) Purnima Srila Sanatana Gosvami Dis. First month of Caturmasya begins green leafy vegetable fast for one month) Last day of Vamana Masa
Break fast 5:03 - 9:29
First day of Sridhara Masa
Pujari Floor Opening, 2020
August 2026
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Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami Dis.
The incorporation of ISKCON in New York
Srila Lokanatha Gosvami Dis.
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Amavasya
Dvadasi Break fast 6:10 - 10:42
Fasting for Kamika Ekadasi
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Sri Raghunandana Thakura Dis. Sri Vamsidasa Babaji Dis.
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Purnima
Fasting for Pavitropana Ekadasi
Jhulana Yatra ends Lord Balarama App. (Fast till noon) Second month of Caturmasya begins (yogurt fast for one month)
Srila Rupa Gosvami Dis. Sri Gauridasa Pandita Dis Radha Govinda Jhulana Yatra begins
Srila Prabhupada’s departure for the USA, 1965 First day of Hrsikesa Masa,
Dvadasi. Break fast 5:15 - 6:22
Last day of the first Caturmasya month
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Prabhupada Welcome Ceremony, 2021
September 2026
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Navami Nandotsava Srila Prabhupada App. (Fast till noon)
Sri Krsna Janmastami: App. of Lord Sri Krsna (Fast ttill midnight)
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Amavasya
Trayodasi Break fast 5:20 - 09:29
Fasting for Annada Ekadasi
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Srimati Sita Thakurani App. (Sri Advaita’s consort)
Radhastami: App. of Srimati Radharani
Lalita sasti
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Purnima
Dvadasi Sri Vamana Dvadasi: App. of Lord Vamanadeva (Fasting is done yesterday)
Sri Visvarupa Mahotsava Acceptance of sannyasa by Srila Prabhupada Third month of Caturmasya begins (milk fast for one month)
Ananta Caturdasi Vrata Srila Haridasa Thakura Dis. Last day of the second Caturmasya month
Fasting for Parsva Ekadasi (Fast today for Vamanadeva)
Srila Jiva Gosvami App. Break fast 5:25 - 9:27
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura App.
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First day of Padmanabha Masa
Nrsimha Wing Opening, 2024
October 2026
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Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA
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Amavasya
Dvadasi Break fast 6:16 - 9:26
Fasting for Indira Ekadasi
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Dvadasi Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami Dis. Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami Dis. Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami Dis. Break fast 5:37 - 9:26
Durga Puja Tula Sankranti
Ramacandra Vijayotsava Sri Madhvacarya App.
Fasting for Pasankusa Ekadasi
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Purnima
Sri Krsna Saradiya Rasayatra Sri Murari Gupta Dis. Laksmi Puja Fourth month of Caturmasya begins (urad dal fast for one month)
Last day of the third Caturmasya month
Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura Dis.
Halloween
First day of Damodara Masa
Prabhupada Legacy Museum Opening, 2025
November 2026
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App. of Radha Kunda Snana dana Bahulastami
Dvadasi Break fast 5:44 - 9:28
Sri Virabhadra App.
Fasting for Rama Ekadasi
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Amavasya
SECOND YEAR OF THE PRABHUPADA 50 CAMPAIGN BEGINS Ambarisa matching $10 million Caturthi * Srila Prabhupada Dis.
Go Puja. Go Krda. Govardhana Puja. Bali Daityaraja Puja Sri Rasikananda App.
Dipa dana Dipavali Kali Puja
Dvitiya Sri Vasudeva Ghosh Dis.
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Gopastami Sri Gadadhara Dasa Gosvami Dis. Sri Dhananjaya Pandita Dis. Sri Srinivasa Acarya Dis.
Fasting for Utthana Ekadasi Srila Gaura Kisora Dasa Babaji Dis. First day of Bhisma Pancaka
Jagaddhatri Puja
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Purnima
Sri Krsna Rasayatra Tulasi-Saligrama Vivaha (marriage) Sri Nimbarkacarya App. Katyayani vrata begins
Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami Dis. Sri Kasisvara Pandita Dis. Last day of Bhisma Pancaka Last day of Damodara Masa
Dvadasi Break fast 5:54 - 9:33
First day of Kesava Masa
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Srila Prabhupada in Mayapur, 1976
(c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Used with permission.
December 2026
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Fasting for Utpanna Ekadasi Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura Dis. Sri Kaliya Krsnadasa Dis.
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Amavasya
Trayodasi Sri Saranga Thakura Dis. Dvadasi Break fast 6:04 - 9:39
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Odana sasthi
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Purnima
Fasting for Moksada Ekadasi Advent of Srimad Bhagavad- gita
Katyayani vrata ends Last day of Kesava Masa Christmas Eve
First day of Narayana Masa Christmas Day
Break fast 6:13 - 9:47
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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Dis.
New Year’s Eve
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