🪷 दत्त जयन्ती · Datta Jayantī

📅 When is Datta Jayantī?

YearDateDay
2026 (this year)2026-12-24Thursday
20272027-12-13Monday
Birth of Dattātreya from Atri-Anusūyā; tri-mūrti unified avatāra.
Associated deity: Dattātreya (Brahmā + Viṣṇu + Śiva combined)

Tradition

Tradition: Pan-Hindu

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 15,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Mārgaśīrṣa"
}

Sources

Precedence: 2 (lower = higher priority on multi-festival days)
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output

Sources and Connected Observances

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Datta Jayantīlocal festival mūrti-page · Pan-Hindu/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2026 occurrenceDatta Jayantī computed on Thursday, 2026-12-242027 occurrenceDatta Jayantī computed on Monday, 2027-12-13ŚB 4.1.15local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 4.1.15BG 10.35Krishna as Mārgaśīrṣa among months and kusumākara among seasonsBG 10.30kālaḥ kalayatām aham · Krishna as Time among reckoners/jyotisha-referencetithi, nakshatra, vāra, and pañchāṅga element source layer/cosmic-timekalpa, manvantara, yuga, and annual-cycle time context/lagna-tithi-lokaMātṛ-Vidyā source layer for tithi, loka, and reader-local kṣetra/samskara-muhurtaoperational muhūrta doorway for dharmic timing decisions/bindufestival time as Bindu-touch aperture in the dharmic year/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundationtextual witnessesMārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa · Bhāgavata 4.1.15