Jain Calendar 2030
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 2030, from Rohini Vrat on 16 January through Rohini Vrat on 9 December. October holds the most with 7 dates. The year runs through Vikram Samvat 2086 – 2087. Mahavir Jayanti falls on 16 April, Paryushan begins on 25 August, Samvatsari falls on 1 September and Mahavir Nirvana falls on 26 October.
Jain Festivals & Fasting Days
January 2030 Pausha – Magha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 4:35 PM, Jan 15 – 6:36 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 10:44 AM, Jan 27 – 8:38 AM
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 2:26 AM – 12:31 AM, Feb 1
The nirvana (moksha) day of the first Tirthankara, Bhagwan Rishabhadeva (Adinatha), venerated with worship of the sacred Mount Meru.
February 2030 Magha – Phalguna
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 6:46 AM, Feb 11 – 9:10 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.
March 2030 Phalguna – Chaitra
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Phalguna Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 10:28 PM, Mar 10 – 1:08 AM, Mar 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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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 10:28 PM, Mar 10 – 1:08 AM, Mar 12
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 4:09 AM – 2:17 AM, Mar 19
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 2:03 AM – 11:34 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 4:10 AM – 2:27 AM, Mar 27
The beginning of Varshi Tap - a year-long penance of alternate-day fasting commemorating Bhagwan Rishabhadeva's long fast before his first alms.
April 2030 Chaitra – Vaishakha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 12:36 PM, Apr 7 – 3:15 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 5:45 PM, Apr 9 – 7:46 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 6:09 PM, Apr 15 – 3:29 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 12:23 PM, Apr 17 – 8:50 AM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
May 2030 Vaishakha – Jyeshtha
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Varshitapa Parana
Tithi 12:50 AM – 3:29 AM, May 6
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 12:50 AM – 3:29 AM, May 6
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 10:18 AM, May 12 – 8:33 AM
The day Bhagwan Mahavira attained Kevala Jnana - infinite knowledge and omniscience.
June 2030 Jyeshtha – Ashadha
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 9:16 AM, May 31 – 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.
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Shruta Panchami
Tithi 8:12 PM, Jun 5 – 9:19 PM
The Digambara festival venerating the Jain scriptures (Shruta) on Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami - commemorating the day the Shatkhandagama was first written down.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:03 PM, Jun 27 – 10:38 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 10:37 PM, Jun 28 – 1:03 AM, Jun 30
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 2030 Ashadha – Shravana
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Ashadha Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 7:17 AM, Jul 6 – 6:25 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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Ashadha Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 2:00 PM, Jul 13 – 10:47 AM
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 10:42 AM, Jul 14 – 7:41 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 7:32 AM, Jul 25 – 10:02 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 2030 Shravana – Bhadrapada
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 8:01 PM, Aug 21 – 10:36 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 2:54 AM – 4:32 AM, Aug 26
The start of Paryushan - the holiest eight-day festival of the Jains - of fasting, scriptural study, penance and forgiveness.
September 2030 Bhadrapada – Ashwina
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Samvatsari Parva
Tithi 12:31 AM – 10:40 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 10:38 PM, Sep 1 – 8:39 PM
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 4:57 AM – 3:31 AM, Sep 11
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 3:40 AM – 2:37 AM, Sep 12
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 6:59 AM, Sep 17 – 9:32 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.
October 2030 Ashwina – Kartika
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Ashwina Navapada Oli Begins Vrat
Tithi 12:33 AM – 10:21 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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Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends Vrat
Tithi 3:34 PM, Oct 10 – 4:14 PM
The nine-day Ayambil (Navpad) Oli - a semi-fast venerating the nine supreme entities (Navpad), observed twice a year in Chaitra and Ashwin.
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Rohini Vrat Vrat
Tithi 11:37 PM, Oct 15 – 2:16 AM, Oct 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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Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali)
Tithi 4:41 AM – 1:55 AM, Oct 27
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 1:47 AM – 10:40 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 10:37 PM, Oct 27 – 7:22 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 1:01 PM, Oct 30 – 10:24 AM
Knowledge (Jnan) Panchami - Jain scriptures and the gift of knowledge are venerated; in Gujarat it is also kept as Labh Panchami.
November 2030 Kartika – Margashirsha
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Kartika Ashtahnika Begins Vrat
Tithi 10:14 AM, Oct 31 – 8:04 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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Kartika Chaumasi Chaudas Vrat
Tithi 5:17 AM, Nov 8 – 7:03 AM
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 6:53 AM, Nov 9 – 9:00 AM
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 6:53 AM, Nov 9 – 9:00 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 11:14 AM, Nov 11 – 1:51 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 2030 Margashirsha – Pausha
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Maun Ekadashi Vrat
Tithi 5:13 PM, Dec 4 – 6:41 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 1:29 AM – 4:08 AM, Dec 10
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 the sky brings in 2030
Beyond the dates the Jain Calendar lists, 2030 brings 4 eclipses - 2 solar and 2 lunar - of which 3 are above the horizon somewhere in India. Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) falls on 27 October, 10 days earlier in the year than in 2029 - a lunar year runs about eleven days short of a solar one.
Eclipses of 2030
| Date (IST) | Eclipse | Hindu date | Seen from India |
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| 1 Jun 11:58 AM | Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Jyeshtha Amavasya | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 16 Jun 12:03 AM | Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Ashadha Krishna Pratipada | Yes - Sutak observed |
| 25 Nov 12:20 PM | Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan) | Margashirsha Amavasya | Not visible |
| 10 Dec 3:57 AM | Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) | Margashirsha Krishna Pratipada | Penumbral only |
Sutak Kaal is observed for 2 of these. A penumbral (Upachhaya) eclipse is not counted as a grahan.
Guru and Shani in 2030
| Date | Graha | Sign change |
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| 25 Jan 2:00 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
| 17 Apr 9:10 AM | Shani (Saturn) | Mesha → Vrishabha |
| 1 May 2:20 PM | Guru (Jupiter) | Vrishchika → Tula re-entry while retrograde |
| 23 Sep 2:30 AM | Guru (Jupiter) | Tula → Vrishchika |
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, Saturn about two and a half. Rahu enters Vrishchika on 11 January 2030, carrying the eclipse axis with it.
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Frequently asked questions about the Jain Calendar 2030
How many festivals and vrats does the Jain Calendar list in 2030?
The Jain Calendar lists 45 dates in 2030, of which 30 are vrats. The first is Rohini Vrat on Wednesday, 16 January 2030, and the last is Rohini Vrat on Monday, 9 December 2030.
When is Paryushan in 2030?
Paryushan begins on Sunday, 25 August 2030 and closes on Samvatsari, Sunday, 1 September 2030.
The Digambara Das Lakshana Parva begins on Monday, 2 September 2030.
When is Mahavir Jayanti in 2030?
Mahavir Swami Jayanti falls on Tuesday, 16 April 2030 (Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi), the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavira.
When is Mahavir Nirvana in 2030?
Mahavir Nirvana is observed on Saturday, 26 October 2030, the same day as Diwali.
The Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat) begins the next morning, Sunday, 27 October 2030.
What are the main festival dates in the Jain Calendar for 2030?
The main observances in 2030 are:
- Mahavir Jayanti - Tuesday, 16 April 2030
- Paryushan - Sunday, 25 August 2030
- Samvatsari - Sunday, 1 September 2030
- Mahavir Nirvana - Saturday, 26 October 2030
Which month of 2030 has the most observances in the Jain Calendar?
October 2030 is the fullest month with 7 dates, including Ashwina Navapada Oli Begins, Ashwina Navapada Oli Ends, Rohini Vrat, Mahavir Nirvana (Diwali), Jain New Year (Vira Nirvana Samvat), Bhai Dooj (Bhratri Dwitiya), Jnan Panchami (Labh Panchami).
Which traditional year does 2030 correspond to in the Jain Calendar?
The Gregorian year 2030 spans Vikram Samvat 2086 – 2087. 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.
Will there be an Adhik Maas in 2030?
No. 2030 has twelve lunar months with no Adhik Maas, so its festival dates fall in their usual Gregorian window rather than being pushed later by an intercalary month.
Will there be any eclipses in 2030?
2030 has 4 eclipses:
- 1 June 2030 - Annular solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal will be observed
- 16 June 2030 - Partial lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), visible in India, so Sutak Kaal will be observed
- 25 November 2030 - Total solar eclipse (Surya Grahan), not visible from India
- 10 December 2030 - Penumbral lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan), penumbral only, so no Sutak will be observed
Sutak Kaal is observed only for an eclipse actually visible where you are, so 2 of these will be kept in India.
Will Guru or Shani change sign in 2030?
Yes - 4 sign changes among the slow grahas in 2030:
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Vrishchika on 25 January 2030
- Shani (Saturn) enters Vrishabha on 17 April 2030
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Tula on 1 May 2030, moving retrograde
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Vrishchika on 23 September 2030
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 2030 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.
