Jain Calendar 2001
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 45 dates in 2001, from Rohini Vrat on 7 January through Rohini Vrat on 28 December. November holds the most with 10 dates. The year runs through Vikram Samvat 2057 – 2058. 2001 carries an Adhik Maas (Ashwina (Adhik)), the extra lunar month that pushes several dates later than usual. Mahavir Jayanti fell on 6 April, Paryushan began on 15 August, Samvatsari fell on 22 August and Mahavir Nirvana fell on 14 November.
Jain Festivals & Fasting Days
January 2001 Pausha – Magha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:11 PM, Jan 6 – 11:42 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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Parshvanath Janma Kalyanak
Tithi 6:14 AM – 6:56 AM, Jan 19
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 10:48 AM, Jan 21 – 1:16 PM
The nirvana (moksha) day of the first Tirthankara, Bhagwan Rishabhadeva (Adinatha), venerated with worship of the sacred Mount Meru.
February 2001 Magha – Phalguna
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:43 AM – 2:38 AM, Feb 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.
March 2001 Phalguna – Chaitra
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Phalguna Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 8:36 PM, Mar 1 – 8:07 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 8:05 PM, Mar 2 – 7:01 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.
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Phalguna Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 5:51 AM – 2:22 AM, Mar 9
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 2:20 AM – 10:50 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 1:18 PM, Mar 16 – 3:11 PM
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 8:16 AM, Mar 29 – 7:29 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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Chaitra Navapada Oli Begins Vrat
Tithi 7:40 AM, Mar 30 – 6:30 AM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
April 2001 Chaitra – Vaishakha
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Mahavir Swami Jayanti
Tithi 5:16 PM, Apr 5 – 2:19 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 11:21 AM, Apr 7 – 8:51 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 7:41 PM, Apr 25 – 6:33 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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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 7:41 PM, Apr 25 – 6:33 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.
May 2001 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
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Mahavira Swami Kevalagyan
Tithi 9:35 AM, May 1 – 7:18 AM
The day Bhagwan Mahavira attained Kevala Jnana - infinite knowledge and omniscience.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:25 AM, May 23 – 6:32 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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Shruta Panchami
Tithi 11:52 PM, May 26 – 9:27 PM
The Digambara festival venerating the Jain scriptures (Shruta) on Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami - commemorating the day the Shatkhandagama was first written down.
June 2001 Jyeshtha – Ashadha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:56 PM, Jun 19 – 8:02 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 12:02 AM – 9:41 PM
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
July 2001 Ashadha – Shravana
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Ashadha Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 5:59 PM, Jul 3 – 7:01 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 7:03 PM, Jul 4 – 8:29 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 1:05 PM, Jul 16 – 11:50 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.
August 2001 Shravana – Bhadrapada
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:56 AM – 11:54 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.
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Paryushana Parvarambha
Tithi 11:42 PM, Aug 14 – 9:52 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 9:15 PM, Aug 21 – 6:12 PM
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 6:12 PM, Aug 22 – 3:52 PM
The ten-day Digambara festival of the ten supreme virtues (dharma), from Bhadrapada Shukla Panchami to Chaturdashi - the Digambara counterpart of Paryushan.
September 2001 Bhadrapada – Ashwina – Ashwina (Adhik)
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Anant Chaturdashi Vrat
Tithi 10:18 PM, Aug 31 – 12:47 AM, Sep 2
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 12:47 AM – 3:14 AM, Sep 3
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 12:51 PM, Sep 9 – 12:44 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.
October 2001 Ashwina (Adhik) – Ashwina – Kartika
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:37 PM, Oct 6 – 11:49 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 5:53 PM, Oct 22 – 7:24 PM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
November 2001 Kartika – Margashirsha
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Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 10:25 AM, Oct 31 – 11:11 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 11:49 AM, Nov 3 – 11:25 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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Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali)
Tithi 4:22 PM, Nov 13 – 2:06 PM
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 2:00 PM, Nov 14 – 12:09 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 10:26 AM, Nov 16 – 9:49 AM
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 9:58 AM, Nov 19 – 11:26 AM
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 1:13 PM, Nov 21 – 3:35 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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Kartika Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 2:39 AM – 2:56 AM, Nov 30
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 2:45 AM – 2:29 AM, Dec 1
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 2:45 AM – 2:29 AM, Dec 1
The eight-day Ashtahnika Parva preceding the Chaumasi, when the Jains venerate the eternal (shashvata) Jina images with collective worship.
December 2001 Margashirsha – Pausha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 2:19 AM – 1:33 AM, Dec 2
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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Maun Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 7:11 PM, Dec 25 – 7:59 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 8:03 PM, Dec 27 – 7:25 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.
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 2001
Beyond the dates the Jain Calendar lists, 2001 brought 5 eclipses - 2 solar and 3 lunar - of which 3 were above the horizon somewhere in India. The year also carried an Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month of Ashwina, running from 18 September 2001 to 16 October 2001. Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) fell on 15 November, 18 days later in the year than in 2000 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 2001
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Hindu date | Seen from India |
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| 10 Jan 1:50 AM | Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 21 Jun 5:33 PM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Ashadha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 5 Jul 8:25 PM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Ashadha Purnima | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 15 Dec 2:21 AM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Margashirsha Shukla Pratipada | Not visible |
| 30 Dec 3:59 PM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Pausha Purnima | Penumbral only |
Sutak Kaal was observed for 2 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 2001
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
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| 16 Jun 7:30 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishabha → Mithuna |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half.
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Frequently asked questions about the Jain Calendar 2001
How many festivals and vrats does the Jain Calendar list in 2001?
The Jain Calendar lists 45 dates in 2001, of which 30 are vrats. The first is Rohini Vrat on Sunday, 7 January 2001, and the last is Rohini Vrat on Friday, 28 December 2001.
When was Paryushan in 2001?
Paryushan began on Wednesday, 15 August 2001 and closed on Samvatsari, Wednesday, 22 August 2001.
The Digambara Das Lakshana Parva began on Thursday, 23 August 2001.
When was Mahavir Jayanti in 2001?
Mahavir Swami Jayanti fell on Friday, 6 April 2001 (Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi), the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira.
When was Mahavir Nirvana in 2001?
Mahavir Nirvana was observed on Wednesday, 14 November 2001, the same day as Diwali.
The Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) began the next morning, Thursday, 15 November 2001.
What are the main festival dates in the Jain Calendar for 2001?
The main observances in 2001 are:
- Mahavir Jayanti - Friday, 6 April 2001
- Paryushan - Wednesday, 15 August 2001
- Samvatsari - Wednesday, 22 August 2001
- Mahavir Nirvana - Wednesday, 14 November 2001
Which month of 2001 has the most observances in the Jain Calendar?
November 2001 is the fullest month with 10 dates, including Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends, Rohini Vrat, Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali), Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat), Bhai Dooj (Bhratri Dwitiya), Jnan Panchami (Labh Panchami), Kartika Ashtahnika Begins, Kartika Chaumasi Chaudas.
Which traditional year does 2001 correspond to in the Jain Calendar?
The Gregorian year 2001 spans Vikram Samvat 2057 – 2058. 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 2001 have an Adhik Maas?
Yes. 2001 carried an Adhik Maas (Ashwina (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 2001 dates can look out of place beside a neighbouring year.
Were there any eclipses in 2001?
2001 had 5 eclipses:
- 10 January 2001 - Total lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 21 June 2001 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 5 July 2001 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal was observed
- 15 December 2001 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 30 December 2001 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak 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 2001?
Yes - 1 sign change among the slow grahas in 2001:
- Guru (Jupiter) entered Mithuna on 16 June 2001
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 2001 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.
