Sai Satcharitra timeline

c. 1854 (estimated, age ~16)

Shirdi, mid-1850s

Narrated in Chapter 4 · Mission of the saints - Shirdi a Holy Tirth - Personality of Sai Baba - Dictum of Goulibua - Appearance of Vitthal - Kshirsagar's story - Das Ganu's bath in Prayag - Immaculate conception of Sai Baba and His first advent in Shirdi - Three Wadas

c. 1858 (estimated)

Shirdi, return after disappearance

Narrated in Chapter 5 · Baba's return with Chand Patil's marriage party -Welcomed and addressed as "Sai" - Contact with other saints - His attire and daily routine - The story of the Padukas - Wrestling bout with Mohiddin and change in life - Turning water into oil - The Pseudo - Guru Javhar All

15 October 1918 (Vijayadashami)

Shirdi, 1918

Narrated in Chapter 42 · Baba's passing away - Previous indication - Averting death of Ramchandra Dada Patil and Tatya Kote Patil - Charity of Laxmibai Shinde - Last moment

before Sai Baba's Mahasamadhi; date not recorded in the text

Hemadpant's framing

Narrated in Chapter 3 · Sai Baba's sanction and promise - Assignment of work to the devotees - Baba's stories as beacon-light - His motherly love - Rohila's story - His sweet and nectar like words

shortly after first arrival, mid-1850s

Shirdi, the naming of "Sai"

Narrated in Chapter 4 · Mission of the saints - Shirdi a Holy Tirth - Personality of Sai Baba - Dictum of Goulibua - Appearance of Vitthal - Kshirsagar's story - Das Ganu's bath in Prayag - Immaculate conception of Sai Baba and His first advent in Shirdi - Three Wadas