🪷 कूर्म जयन्ती · Kūrma Jayantī

📅 When is Kūrma Jayantī?

YearDateDay
20252025-05-12Monday
2026 (this year)2026-05-01Friday
20272027-05-20Thursday
Kūrma supports Mount Mandara during the Sāgara-mathana (churning of the cosmic ocean).
Associated deity: Kūrma (2nd avatāra of Krishna)

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Avatāra index: #11 of 22 (per Bhāgavata 1.3)

Vrata: No

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

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

Sources

Precedence: 4 (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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Kūrma Jayantīlocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceKūrma Jayantī computed on Monday, 2025-05-122026 occurrenceKūrma Jayantī computed on Friday, 2026-05-012027 occurrenceKūrma Jayantī computed on Thursday, 2027-05-20ŚB 8.7local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 8.7-8BG 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 witnessesBhāgavata 8.7-8