Sankara Jayanthi சங்கர ஜெயந்தி
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Sankara Jayanthi
Every year
| 2025 | Friday, 2 May 2025 |
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| 2026 | Tuesday, 21 April 2026 |
| 2027 | No date published yet |
| 2028 | Saturday, 29 April 2028 |
About the festival
Sankara Jayanthi marks the birth anniversary of Adi Shankaracharya, the philosopher and theologian best known as the foremost exponent of Advaita Vedanta.1,2,3
The mathas associated with him, including the Sringeri Sharada Peetham and the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, observe it over several days with special pujas and abhishekam at his shrine, Vedic recitation and recitation of bhashya (commentaries), discourses and processions of his image.2,4
When it falls: Sankara Jayanthi is observed on Panchami, the fifth day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Panchami) of the lunar month Vaishakha, in April or May.2,3