Jain Calendar 1964
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.
The Jain Calendar lists 44 dates in 1964, from Parshvanath Janma Kalyanak on 9 January through Rohini Vrat on 18 December. November holds the most with 9 dates. The year runs through Vikram Samvat 2020 – 2021. 1964 carries an Adhik Maas (Chaitra (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several dates later than usual. Mahavir Jayanti fell on 24 April, Paryushan began on 3 September, Samvatsari fell on 10 September and Mahavir Nirvana fell on 3 November.
Jain Festivals & Fasting Days
January 1964 Pausha – Magha
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Parshvanath Janma Kalyanak
Tithi 12:37 PM, Jan 8 – 3:15 PM
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 8:32 PM, Jan 11 – 10:53 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 5:29 PM, Jan 24 – 2:54 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 1964 Magha – Phalguna
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Phalguna Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 9:57 AM, Feb 19 – 7:55 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 5:52 AM – 3:50 AM, Feb 22
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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Phalguna Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 8:29 PM, Feb 25 – 7:06 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 7:06 PM, Feb 26 – 6:06 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
March 1964 Phalguna – Chaitra – Chaitra (Adhik)
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Varshitapa Arambha Vrat
Tithi 2:10 AM – 4:49 AM, Mar 7
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 7:34 PM, Mar 18 – 5:13 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.
April 1964 Chaitra (Adhik) – Chaitra – Vaishakha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:27 AM – 2:33 AM, Apr 17
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 12:20 AM – 10:18 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 7:45 PM, Apr 23 – 8:29 PM
The birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, on Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi - celebrated with processions, abhishek and charity.
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Chaitra Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 9:43 PM, Apr 25 – 11:14 PM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
May 1964 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:50 PM, May 12 – 7:11 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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Varshitapa Parana
Tithi 7:11 PM, May 13 – 3:45 PM
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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Mahavira Swami Kevalagyan
Tithi 5:28 AM, May 20 – 6:10 AM
The day Bhagwan Mahavira attained Kevala Jnana - infinite knowledge and omniscience.
June 1964 Jyeshtha – Ashadha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 5:19 PM, Jun 8 – 1:39 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 8:39 PM, Jun 13 – 6:29 PM
The Digambara festival venerating the Jain scriptures (Shruta) on Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami - commemorating the day the Shatkhandagama was first written down.
July 1964 Ashadha – Shravana
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 3:30 AM – 12:11 AM, Jul 8
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 4:26 AM – 4:26 AM, Jul 16
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 5:28 PM, Jul 22 – 7:40 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 7:39 PM, Jul 23 – 9:32 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
August 1964 Shravana – Bhadrapada
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:00 PM, Aug 2 – 3:31 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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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:43 AM – 11:34 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.
September 1964 Bhadrapada – Ashwina
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Paryushana Parvarambha
Tithi 6:49 PM, Sep 2 – 4:24 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 7:17 AM, Sep 9 – 8:07 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 7:52 AM, Sep 10 – 9:22 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 12:09 AM – 12:02 AM, Sep 21
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 11:53 PM, Sep 20 – 11:09 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.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 1:47 PM, Sep 26 – 11:39 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.
October 1964 Ashwina – Kartika
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Ashwina Navapada Oli Begins Vrat
Tithi 6:34 AM, Oct 12 – 9:10 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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Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 12:33 PM, Oct 20 – 10:15 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 2:12 AM – 11:25 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 1964 Kartika – Margashirsha
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Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali)
Tithi 11:02 AM, Nov 2 – 11:44 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 11:36 AM, Nov 3 – 12:45 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 2:11 PM, Nov 5 – 4:14 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 9:18 PM, Nov 8 – 12:03 AM, Nov 10
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 2:40 AM – 5:05 AM, Nov 12
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 3:05 AM – 12:29 AM, Nov 19
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 12:21 AM – 9:16 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 12:21 AM – 9:16 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 9:13 PM, Nov 19 – 5:53 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 1964 Margashirsha – Pausha
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Maun Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 10:34 PM, Dec 14 – 8:53 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 3:22 PM, Dec 17 – 11:51 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).
What happened in the sky in 1964
Beyond the dates the Jain Calendar lists, 1964 brought 6 eclipses - 4 solar and 2 lunar - of which 2 were above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Chaitra, running from 15 March 1964 to 12 April 1964. Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) fell on 4 November, 19 days later in the year than in 1963 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 1964
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Hindu date | Seen from India |
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| 15 Jan 1:59 AM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) 3 days after Meru Trayodashi | Magha Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 10 Jun 10:03 AM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Jyeshtha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 25 Jun 6:36 AM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Ashadha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 9 Jul 4:47 PM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Ashadha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 4 Dec 7:01 AM | Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Margashirsha Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 19 Dec 8:07 AM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these.
Guru and Shani in 1964
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
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| 27 Jan 7:40 PM | Shani (Saturn) | Makara → Kumbha |
| 15 Mar 2:40 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Meena → Mesha |
| 3 Aug 10:40 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Mesha → Vrishabha |
| 27 Oct 12:00 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishabha → Mesha re-entry while retrograde |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu entered Vrishabha on 6 December 1964, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Jain Calendar 1964
How many festivals and vrats does the Jain Calendar list in 1964?
The Jain Calendar lists 44 dates in 1964, of which 29 are vrats. The first is Parshvanath Janma Kalyanak on Thursday, 9 January 1964, and the last is Rohini Vrat on Friday, 18 December 1964.
When was Paryushan in 1964?
Paryushan began on Thursday, 3 September 1964 and closed on Samvatsari, Thursday, 10 September 1964.
The Digambara Das Lakshana Parva began on Friday, 11 September 1964.
When was Mahavir Jayanti in 1964?
Mahavir Swami Jayanti fell on Friday, 24 April 1964 (Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi), the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira.
When was Mahavir Nirvana in 1964?
Mahavir Nirvana was observed on Tuesday, 3 November 1964, the same day as Diwali.
The Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) began the next morning, Wednesday, 4 November 1964.
What are the main festival dates in the Jain Calendar for 1964?
The main observances in 1964 are:
- Mahavir Jayanti - Friday, 24 April 1964
- Paryushan - Thursday, 3 September 1964
- Samvatsari - Thursday, 10 September 1964
- Mahavir Nirvana - Tuesday, 3 November 1964
Which month of 1964 has the most observances in the Jain Calendar?
November 1964 is the fullest month with 9 dates, including Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali), Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat), Bhai Dooj (Bhratri Dwitiya), Jnan Panchami (Labh Panchami), Kartika Ashtahnika Begins, Kartika Chaumasi Chaudas, Kartika Ashtahnika Ends, Kartika Ratha Yatra.
Which traditional year does 1964 correspond to in the Jain Calendar?
The Gregorian year 1964 spans Vikram Samvat 2020 – 2021. The traditional year does not begin on 1 January, so one Gregorian year usually covers the end of one era year and the start of the next.
Did 1964 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 1964 carried an Adhik Maas (Chaitra (Adhik)), the extra lunar month inserted roughly every third year to keep the lunar calendar in step with the solar one. Festivals falling after it shift later in the Gregorian year, which is why 1964 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 1964?
1964 had 6 eclipses:
- 15 January 1964 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 10 June 1964 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 25 June 1964 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 9 July 1964 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 4 December 1964 - Partial solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 19 December 1964 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 2 of these were kept in India.
Did Guru or Shani change sign in 1964?
Yes - 4 sign changes among the slow grahas in 1964:
- Shani (Saturn) entered Kumbha on 27 January 1964
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Mesha on 15 March 1964
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Vrishabha on 3 August 1964
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Mesha on 27 October 1964, moving retrograde
Jupiter takes about a year to cross one sign and Saturn about two and a half, so these transits colour the whole year rather than a single week.
Are these 1964 dates the same everywhere?
The dates follow the standard Indian sunrise-based calendar. Because a tithi begins and ends at a fixed moment rather than at midnight, an observance can fall a day earlier or later where sunrise differs - most noticeably outside India. Set your city in the box at the top to see the start and end times in your own local time, and check the daily Panchang for the exact window on the day.
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.
