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ISKCON Panchang
Vaishnava Panchang followed by ISKCON devotees worldwide with Gaurabda era and special appearance days.
Gaurabda 540 · Siddharthi
Lunar Month
Ashwin (आश्विन)
Year
Gaurabda 540
Samvatsara
Siddharthi
Script
Sanskrit / ISKCON Calendar
Note: Year number (Gaurabda, epoch 1486 CE, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance) uses a fixed-MARCH-1 rollover heuristic as a stand-in for the real rollover date, Gaura Purnima (Phalguna Purnima) — a lunar full-moon tithi that lands anywhere from late February to mid-March depending on the year (e.g. March 3 in 2026), so this placeholder can be off by up to ~2 weeks' worth of dates in years where Gaura Purnima falls before March 1. Month name reuses Engine A's Amanta month (same index as Marathi/Gujarati) with standard Sanskrit Devanagari labels, matching Gaudiya Vaishnava calendars' own convention of not using a regional-script variant.
ISKCON Panchang — Monthly Calendar
October 2026
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Panchang for Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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Tithi
Navami
Shukla
Nakshatra
Shravana
Yoga
Shoola
Karana
Kaulava
Var
Tuesday (Mangalavara)
Rahu Kalam
02:56 PM to 04:21 PM
Yamaganda
09:15 AM to 10:40 AM
Gulik Kalam
12:05 PM to 01:30 PM
Abhijit
11:42 AM to 12:28 PM
Dur Muhurta
08:41 AM to 09:26 AM, 10:50 PM to 11:40 PM
Amrit Kalam
06:36 AM to 08:21 AM
Good & Inauspicious Days
Based on the classical Nanda/Bhadra/Jaya/Rikta/Purna tithi classification, applied to this month's calculated tithi for each day. Individual festival and vrat days are listed on the Festivals and Vrat pages.
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Auspicious Days
24 days- 1
Day 1
Purna tithi — highly auspicious, full and complete
- 2
Day 2
Nanda tithi — good for joyous beginnings
- 3
Day 3
Bhadra tithi — auspicious, gentle start
- 5
Day 5
Purna tithi — highly auspicious, full and complete
- 6
Day 6
Nanda tithi — auspicious for fasting and worship
- 7
Day 7
Bhadra tithi — auspicious, gentle start
- 8
Day 8
Jaya tithi — favourable for effort and competition
- 11
About the ISKCON Panchang
- Calendar type
- Lunisolar, following Gaudiya Vaishnava conventions
- New year
- The Gaurabda year is counted from Gaura Purnima, in Phalguna (February–March)
- Era
- Gaurabda, counted from 1486 CE, the appearance year of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Months
- Vishnu-named months — Madhusudana, Trivikrama, Vamana, Sridhara, Hrishikesha, Padmanabha, Damodara, Keshava, Narayana, Madhava, Govinda and Vishnu
ISKCON and other Gaudiya Vaishnava calendars use lunar months named after forms of Vishnu and number years in the Gaurabda era.
Their Ekadashi rules differ in one important respect: the Ekadashi tithi must be free of the preceding Dashami close to sunrise, so the observance can fall a day later than in a Smarta calendar. Parana (breaking of the fast) timings are given for each Ekadashi.
ISKCON Panchang — Lunar Month Correspondences
How the current month aligns to the ISKCON Panchang calendar system
Lunar MonthAshwin (आश्विन)
YearGaurabda 540
SamvatsaraSiddharthi
ISKCON New YearGaura Purnima — Phalguna Purnima
Calendar SystemAmanta Lunar (Vaishnava)
Ekadashi SystemSmart + Vaishnava Ekadashi (both observed)