Mahavir Jayanti மகாவீர் ஜெயந்தி
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Mahavir Jayanti
Every year
| 2025 | Thursday, 10 April 2025 |
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| 2026 | Tuesday, 31 March 2026 |
| 2027 | Monday, 19 April 2027 |
| 2028 | Friday, 7 April 2028 |
About the festival
Mahavir Jayanti marks the birth of Mahavira, whom Jains regard as the 24th and last Tirthankara of the present era, and it is one of the principal Jain festivals.1,2
Both the Digambara and Shvetambara traditions observe it, and Jains often call it Mahavir Janma Kalyanak, the auspicious event of Mahavira's birth.2,3
Observances include public processions, hymn singing, and temple rites in which a small Jina image is bathed with perfumed water and anointed with sandalwood paste.2,3
When it falls: Mahavir Jayanti is observed on the 13th day of the bright half (Shukla Trayodashi) of the lunar month Chaitra, roughly mid-March to mid-April.2,3