Festival
Śāradīya Rāsa-yātrā
The autumn rāsa dance
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.
The Bhāgavata's tenth canto places the rāsa dance on this autumn full moon: Kṛṣṇa plays the flute, the of leave everything to come, and he multiplies himself so each has him entirely. commentators read Rādhā and the eight into the night. It is the pastime the chart's whole Vraja region — the mood divisions, the petal-tip sakhīs, the central couple — is oriented around, and the tradition treats it as the furthest reach of loving exchange, not a romance to imitate.
On the chart
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.29–33Direct scriptural support
A study reference, not a devotional instruction. Observance varies by community and is not detailed here.