# Cc. Madhya 15.36 ## Text > ei-mata rāsa-yātrā, āra dīpāvalī > utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā dekhilā sakali ## Synonyms *ei*-*mata*—in this way; *rāsa*-*yātrā*—*rāsa* dancing of Lord Kṛṣṇa; *āra*—and; *dīpa*-*āvalī*—a row of lights, the day of Dīpāvalī; *utthāna*-*dvādaśī*-*yātrā*—the festival of Utthāna-dvādaśī; *dekhilā* *sakali*—participated in all of them. ## Translation **Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals known as Rāsa-yātrā, Dīpāvalī and Utthāna-dvādaśī.** ## Purport The Dīpāvalī festival takes place on the dark-moon night in the month of Kārttika (October-November). The Rāsa-yātrā, or *rāsa* dancing of Kṛṣṇa, takes place on the full-moon night of the same month. Utthāna-dvādaśī takes place the day after Ekādaśī in the waxing fortnight of the moon in the same month. All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu participated in all these festivals.