Jain · 2004 · New Delhi
Jain Festival Calendar 2004
Mahavir Jayanti, Paryushan and Samvatsari, Das Lakshan and Kshamavani, the Kalyanaks, Ayambil Oli, Chaturmas, Gyan Panchami and every Ashtami and Chaudas — Shwetambar and Digambar, from the Panchang for New Delhi.
Tap any festival or vrat to read why it is celebrated, the story behind it and how to celebrate. You can also listen to the stories.
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March 2004
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28SunAyambil Oli begins (Chaitra)आयंबिल ओली आरंभ (चैत्र)Nine days of plain, tasteless food and worship of the Navpad, twice a year. Story →
May 2004
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24MonShrut Panchami (Digambar)श्रुत पंचमी (दिगंबर)The Digambar festival of the scriptures: the first Jain texts were written down on this day. Story →
July 2004
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1ThuChaturmas begins (Chaumasi Chaudas)चातुर्मास आरंभ (चौमासी चौदस)Four months of the rainy season when monks and nuns stay in one place, from Ashadha to Kartik Chaudas. Story →
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3SatVeer Shasan Jayantiवीर शासन जयंतीThe day of Mahavir’s first sermon (divya dhvani) at Vipulachal hill, Rajgir — the birth of his teaching. Story →
October 2004
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20WedAyambil Oli begins (Ashwin)आयंबिल ओली आरंभ (आश्विन)Nine days of plain, tasteless food and worship of the Navpad, twice a year. Story →
November 2004
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25ThuChaturmas ends (Kartik Chaumasi Chaudas)चातुर्मास समाप्त (कार्तिक चौमासी चौदस)Four months of the rainy season when monks and nuns stay in one place, from Ashadha to Kartik Chaudas. Story →
How the dates are worked out
🙏 Jain. Jain festivals follow the tithi at sunrise, on the same Panchang as our Hindu calendar. Shwetambar Paryushan is the eight days ending on Samvatsari (Bhadrapada Shukla 4); the Digambar Das Lakshan Parva runs from Bhadrapada Shukla 5 to Anant Chaturdashi, and Kshamavani is the day after. Gachchhas and sanghs can differ by a day when a tithi is lost or repeated — follow your own sangh’s calendar.