Disappearance day

Disappearance of Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura

Date
30 October 2026
Tithi
Kārtika kṛṣṇa-pañcamī — the fifth day of the dark fortnight of Kārtika

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.

Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, a student of the generation after the Gosvāmīs, set the tradition's teaching into Bengali prārthanā — short prayer-songs still sung daily in temples. His Prema--candrikā is a compact map of the devotional path. He is remembered for making a difficult theology singable without thinning it.

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Sources

  • Bhakti-ratnākara; Gauḍīya traditionChart / explanatory tradition

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