Jain Calendar
A month-by-month list of the significant Jain festivals and fasting (upvas) days - Paryushan and Samvatsari, Mahavir Jayanti, the twelve Rohini Vrats, the Ashtahnika and Navpad Oli parvas, the Chaumasi Chaudas, Varshi Tap and Mahavir Nirvana - with the date and tithi of each.
Jain Festivals & Fasting Days
January 2026 Pausha – Magha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:48 AM – 10:24 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Parshvanath Janma Kalyanak
Tithi 6:34 AM – 6:42 AM, Jan 9
The birth anniversary (Janma Kalyanak) of Bhagwan Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara, on Pausha Krishna Dashami - kept with the Uvasaggaharam Stotra jaap and fasting.
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Meru Trayodashi
Tithi 8:18 PM, Jan 15 – 10:25 PM
The nirvana (moksha) day of the first Tirthankara, Bhagwan Rishabhadeva (Adinatha), venerated with worship of the sacred Mount Meru.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:08 PM, Jan 27 – 4:37 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
February 2026 Magha – Phalguna
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Phalguna Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 9:11 AM, Feb 23 – 7:02 AM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:52 AM – 2:41 AM, Feb 26
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
March 2026 Phalguna – Chaitra
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Phalguna Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 7:06 PM, Mar 1 – 5:53 PM
The Chaturmasic Chaudas closing one of the three four-month periods, marked by Pratikraman, fasting and penance.
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Phalguna Ashtahnika Ends Vrat
Tithi 5:52 PM, Mar 2 – 5:05 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
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Varshitapa Arambha Vrat
Tithi 1:54 AM – 4:22 AM, Mar 12
The beginning of Varshi Tap - a year-long penance of alternate-day fasting commemorating Bhagwan Rishabhadeva's long fast before his first alms.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:37 PM, Mar 23 – 4:07 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Chaitra Navapada Oli Begins Vrat
Tithi 4:05 PM, Mar 24 – 1:49 PM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
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Mahavir Swami Jayanti
Tithi 6:59 AM, Mar 30 – 6:56 AM
The birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, on Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi - celebrated with processions, abhishek and charity.
April 2026 Chaitra – Vaishakha
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Chaitra Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 6:55 AM, Apr 1 – 7:41 AM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
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Varshitapa Parana
Tithi 2:12 PM, Apr 18 – 10:49 AM
The breaking (parana) of the year-long Varshi Tap with sugarcane juice on Akshaya Tritiya, as Bhagwan Rishabhadeva broke his fast.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:47 AM, Apr 19 – 7:27 AM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Mahavira Swami Kevalagyan
Tithi 6:24 PM, Apr 25 – 6:03 PM
The day Bhagwan Mahavira attained Kevala Jnana - infinite knowledge and omniscience.
May 2026 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha – Jyeshtha (Adhik)
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:40 PM, May 17 – 5:51 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Shruta Panchami
Tithi 10:54 AM, May 20 – 8:26 AM
The Digambara festival venerating the Jain scriptures (Shruta) on Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami - commemorating the day the Shatkhandagama was first written down.
June 2026 Jyeshtha (Adhik) – Ashadha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:11 PM, Jun 13 – 12:20 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
July 2026 Ashadha – Shravana
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:05 AM – 10:34 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Ashadha Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 3:30 AM – 3:44 AM, Jul 21
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
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Ashadha Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 4:17 PM, Jul 27 – 6:21 PM
The Chaturmasic Chaudas closing one of the three four-month periods, marked by Pratikraman, fasting and penance.
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Ashadha Ashtahnika Ends Vrat
Tithi 6:21 PM, Jul 28 – 8:08 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
August 2026 Shravana – Bhadrapada
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:41 PM, Aug 7 – 2:01 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
September 2026 Bhadrapada – Ashwina
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Agastya Arghya
Tithi 2:26 AM – 12:17 AM, Sep 5
The heliacal rising of the star Agastya (Canopus), after which arghya (water offerings) to the star are made - an astronomy-based observance.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:26 AM – 12:17 AM, Sep 5
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Paryushana Parvarambha
Tithi 5:03 PM, Sep 7 – 2:42 PM
The start of Paryushan - the holiest eight-day festival of the Jains - of fasting, scriptural study, penance and forgiveness.
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Samvatsari Parva
Tithi 6:50 AM, Sep 14 – 7:44 AM
The final and holiest day of Paryushan - of Pratikraman and Michhami Dukkadam, seeking forgiveness from every living being.
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Das Lakshana Parva Begins
Tithi 7:30 AM, Sep 15 – 8:59 AM
The ten-day Digambara festival of the ten supreme virtues (dharma), from Bhadrapada Shukla Panchami to Chaturdashi - the Digambara counterpart of Paryushan.
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Anant Chaturdashi Vrat
Tithi 11:20 PM, Sep 24 – 11:17 PM
The closing day of Das Lakshana, when the fourteen-knot thread of Ananta is worshipped and the Ananta Vrat is observed on Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturdashi.
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Kshamavani Parva
Tithi 11:08 PM, Sep 25 – 10:27 PM
The Digambara day of universal forgiveness, the day after Das Lakshana - Jains seek and grant pardon with the words Uttam Kshama and Michhami Dukkadam.
October 2026 Ashwina – Kartika
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:56 PM, Sep 30 – 12:35 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
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Ashwina Navapada Oli Begins Vrat
Tithi 5:54 AM – 8:28 AM, Oct 18
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
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Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 12:07 PM, Oct 25 – 9:42 AM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:07 AM – 10:08 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
November 2026 Kartika – Margashirsha
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Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali)
Tithi 10:40 AM, Nov 7 – 11:27 AM
Diwali marks the nirvana (final liberation) of Bhagwan Mahavira at Pavapuri; Jains keep it with fasting, the Nirvana Laddu and recitation of his last sermon.
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Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat)
Tithi 12:25 PM, Nov 9 – 1:59 PM
The first day of the Jain Vira Nirvana Samvat year - the morning after Mahavira's nirvana, also the day Gautam Swami attained Kevala Jnana.
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Bhai Dooj (Bhratri Dwitiya)
Tithi 1:55 PM, Nov 10 – 3:52 PM
Sisters honour their brothers on Kartika Shukla Dwitiya, the day Gautam Swami is said to have visited his sister, closing the Diwali observances.
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Jnan Panchami (Labh Panchami)
Tithi 8:42 PM, Nov 13 – 11:24 PM
Knowledge (Jnan) Panchami - Jain scriptures and the gift of knowledge are venerated; in Gujarat it is also kept as Labh Panchami.
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Kartika Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 2:02 AM – 4:28 AM, Nov 17
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
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Kartika Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 2:38 AM – 11:52 PM
The Chaturmasic Chaudas closing one of the three four-month periods, marked by Pratikraman, fasting and penance.
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Kartika Ratha Yatra
Tithi 11:44 PM, Nov 23 – 8:27 PM
The Kartik Purnima chariot procession (Ratha Yatra) and the great pilgrimage to Shatrunjaya (Palitana), reopened after the Chaturmas.
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Kartika Ashtahnika Ends Vrat
Tithi 11:44 PM, Nov 23 – 8:27 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:24 PM, Nov 24 – 4:51 PM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
December 2026 Margashirsha – Pausha
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Maun Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:13 PM, Dec 19 – 8:23 PM
The great silent (Maun) fast of Margashirsha Shukla Ekadashi, on which 150 Kalyanaks of the Tirthankaras are commemorated - kept with silence, fasting and Posaha.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:30 PM, Dec 22 – 10:47 AM
A fasting day observed when the Rohini nakshatra prevails - kept mainly by Jain women for the long life and well-being of their husbands. There are twelve Rohini fasting days in a year.
Tithi start and end times are shown in your local time. Festival dates follow the standard Indian (sunrise) calendar and may vary by a day in other regions, and may differ slightly from regional almanacs (especially around an Adhik Maas).
Frequently asked questions about Jain Calendar
What does the Jain calendar list?
Paryushan and Samvatsari, Mahavir Jayanti and Mahavir Nirvana, the twelve Rohini Vrats, the Ashtahnika and Navpad Oli parvas, Chaumasi Chaudas and Varshi Tap - month by month with the date and tithi of each.
What is the Vira Nirvana Samvat?
The Jain era counted from the nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavir, and it rolls over on Diwali - which the tradition keeps as the day of that nirvana. That is why the Jain new year begins where the Gujarati Samvat does.
What is Paryushan?
The chief annual observance - eight days for Shvetambaras, ten as Das Lakshan for Digambaras - of fasting, scriptural reading, restraint and the seeking of forgiveness. It closes on Samvatsari, when Michhami Dukkadam is asked of everyone.
Why do Shvetambara and Digambara dates differ?
Because the two traditions differ on the length and reckoning of several parvas, Paryushan included. The calendar follows the mainstream dates; where your sangh keeps another, follow it.
Which day-by-day view is there?
The Jain Panchang gives every day with its tithi and nakshatra, with the fasting days marked.
About the Jain Calendar
A month-by-month list of the significant Jain festivals and fasting (upvas) days - Paryushan and Samvatsari, Mahavir Jayanti, the twelve Rohini Vrats, the Ashtahnika and Navpad Oli parvas, the Chaumasi Chaudas, Varshi Tap and Mahavir Nirvana - with the date and tithi of each.
Each entry lists the festival or vrat with its date, the prevailing tithi, and a short note on the observance. Use the year links to plan ahead into the coming years or to look up a date from the archive.
This list is the festival dates, not the daily five limbs. For sunrise, Rahu Kalam and the day's yoga, open the Panchang. Other calendars are on the Calendars index. The story of a fast is under Vrat Katha.
