Festivals through the year
Timings change on festivals, eclipses and special days. Confirm at the mandir before you travel.
- OctoberThis month
Mahavir Nirvana Divas (Deepavali)
Kartik Krishna Amavasya (October-November)
Marks the nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavir at Pawapuri; the nirvana ladu is offered at dawn in Digambar temples.
- April
Mahavir Jayanti (Janma Kalyanak)
Chaitra Shukla Trayodashi (March-April)
The birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara, marked in Jain temples with abhishek, pujan and community processions.
- May
Akshaya Tritiya
Vaishakh Shukla Tritiya (April-May)
Commemorates the first ahar received by Bhagwan Adinath after his long fast, when King Shreyans offered him sugarcane juice.
- June
Shrut Panchami
Jyeshtha Shukla Panchami (May-June)
The Digambar festival honouring the scriptures, recalling the completion of the Shatkhandagam; shastras are worshipped and cared for on this day.
- July
Neminath Moksha Kalyanak
Ashadh Shukla Saptami as per the Digambar panchang (June-July)
The day Bhagwan Neminath attained liberation at Girnar. Digambar temples offer the nirvana ladu; it has special meaning at a kshetra whose mulnayak is Neminath.
- September
Das Lakshan Parv (Paryushan)
Bhadrapad Shukla Panchami to Chaturdashi (August-September)
Ten days devoted to the ten virtues from uttam kshama to uttam brahmacharya, with fasting, pujan, swadhyaya and discourses; it ends on Anant Chaturdashi.
- September
Kshamavani
Ashwin Krishna Pratipada, just after Das Lakshan (September)
The day of forgiveness, when Jains ask pardon of one another and of all living beings.