Disappearance day

Disappearance of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

Date
14 July 2026
Tithi
Āṣāḍha kṛṣṇa-tṛtīyā — the third day of the dark fortnight of Āṣāḍha

Dates follow the Māyāpur (India) reckoning, the base of most published Vaiṣṇava calendars. The tradition sets each day by the tithi present at local sunrise, so your own date may fall a day earlier or later — see the calendar for your city.

Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura (1838–1914) was a district magistrate in Bengal and Odisha who wrote around a hundred works — in Bengali, Sanskrit and English — arguing the position as reasoned theology rather than sentiment, and who identified the birthplace of Caitanya at Māyāpur. His Jaiva- and Kṛṣṇa-saṁhitā are still central. The modern form of this tradition largely begins with him.

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Sources

  • Gauḍīya tradition; Bhaktivinoda's own worksChart / explanatory tradition

A study reference, not a devotional instruction. Observance varies by community and is not detailed here.