2010 Holy Day and Puja Calendar
Click on Month below:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July
August | September | October | November | December
January
| 1 | Friday | New Year's and Kalpataru Day |
| 2 | Saturday | Swami Paramananda’s Sannyas |
| 6 | Wednesday | Swami Vivekananda’s Lunar Birthday |
| 9 | Saturday | Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday Puja |
| 10 | Sunday | Public Celebration of Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday |
| 12 | Tuesday | Swami Vivekananda’s 147th Birthday (Mon. 1863) |
| 18 | Monday | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| 20 | Wednesday | Sri Saraswati Puja |
| 24 | Sunday | The 101st Anniversary of Swami Paramananda’s Work |
February
| 5 | Friday | Swami Paramananda’s 126th Birthday (Mon. 1884) |
| 6 | Saturday |
Swami Paramananda’s Birthday Puja |
| 7 | Sunday | Swami Paramananda’s Public B’day Celebration |
| 12 | Friday | Shivaratri Puja |
| 15 | Monday | Presidents’ Day |
| 16 | Tuesday | Sri Ramakrishna’s Lunar Birthday |
| 17 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday |
| 18 | Thursday | Sri Ramakrishna’s 173rd Birthday (Thurs. 1836) |
| 20 | Saturday | Sri Ramakrishna’s Birthday Puja |
| 21 | Sunday | Sri Ramakrishna’s Public B’day Celebration |
| 28 | Sunday | Sri Chaitanya |
March
| 14 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Begins (Spring Forward) |
April
| 1 | Thursday | Holy Thursday (Service at 7 PM) |
| 2 | Friday | Good Friday (Service at 3 PM) |
| 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday (AA Sunrise Service at 6 AM) |
| 25 | Sunday | Ananda Ashrama’s (La Crescenta) 87th Anniversary |
May
| 9 | Sunday | Mothers’ Day |
| 27 | Thursday | Lord Buddha Jayanti (Actual) Service at 7 PM |
| 31 | Monday | Memorial Day |
June
| 13 | Sunday | Ananda Ashrama’s (Cohasset) 81st Anniversary |
| 19 | Saturday | Swami Paramananda’s Liberation Day Puja |
| 20 | Sunday | Fathers’ Day & Public Observance of Swami Paramananda’s Liberation |
| 21 | Monday | Swami Paramananda’s Liberation ( 5 PM – 1940) Day of Prayer |
July
| 4 | Sunday | Independence Day & Swami Vivekananda’s Liberation (7PM – 1902) Day of Prayer & Public Observance |
| 18 | Sunday | Public Observance of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi’s Liberation |
| 21 | Wednesday | Holy Mother’s Liberation (1:30 AM – 1920) Day of Prayer |
| 26 | Monday | Guru Purnima Day of Prayer |
August
| 15 | Sunday | Public Observance of Sri Ramakrishna’s Liberation |
| 16 | Monday | Sri Ramakrishna’s Liberation (11:30 AM – 1886) Day of Prayer |
| 29 | Sunday | Mataji Gayatri Devi’s Special Day (1933) |
September
| 1 | Wednesday | Sri Krishna Janmashtami & Sister Daya’s 128th Birthday (1882) |
| 3 | Friday | Sister Devamata’s 143rd Birthday (1867) |
| 6 | Monday | Labor Day |
| 8 | Wednesday | Mataji Gayatri Devi’s Liberation (9:45 AM – 1995) |
| 11 | Saturday | Mataji Gayatri Devi’s Liberation Puja |
| 12 | Sunday | Public Observance of Mataji’s Liberation |
October
| 8 | Friday | Navaratri Begins |
| 11 | Monday | Columbus Day |
| 12 | Tuesday | Mataji Gayatri Devi’s 104th Birthday – Day of Prayer |
| 14 | Thursday | Durga Puja Saptami – (5 PM – Public Arati/Kirtan) |
| 15 | Friday | Durga Puja Mahashtami |
| 16 | Saturday | Durga Puja Navami |
| 17 | Sunday | Durga Puja Dasami Vijaya – (11 AM – Public Midday Service & Kirtan) |
| 23 | Saturday | Sri Lakshmi Day of Prayer |
November
| 4 | Thursday | Deepali – Festival of Lights – Service at 7 PM |
| 5 | Friday | Kali Puja (Actual) |
| 7 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Times Ends (Fall Backward) |
| 25 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Service at 11 AM |
| 28 | Sunday | First Sunday in Advent |
December
| 22 | Wednesday | Sri Sarada Devi’s 156th Birthday ( Sat. -1855) – Day of Prayer |
| 23 | Thursday | No Meditation and Study Class (SP arrives in NYC-Sun. 1906) |
| 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve Service at 4 PM |
| 25 | Saturday | Christmas |
| 26 | Sunday | Holy Mother’s Public Birthday Celebration |
| 27 | Monday | Holy Mother’s Lunar Birthday |
| 30 | Thursday | No Meditation and Study Class |
| 31 | Friday | New Year’s Eve Service at 11:15 PM |