🪷 मत्स्य जयन्ती · Matsya Jayantī

📅 When is Matsya Jayantī?

YearDateDay
20252025-04-01Tuesday
2026 (this year)2026-03-21Saturday
20272027-04-09Friday
Matsya saved Vaivasvata Manu and the Vedas during the cosmic deluge.
Associated deity: Matsya (1st daśāvatāra of Krishna)

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Avatāra index: #10 of 22 (per Bhāgavata 1.3)

Vrata: No

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 3,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Caitra"
}

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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Matsya Jayantīlocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceMatsya Jayantī computed on Tuesday, 2025-04-012026 occurrenceMatsya Jayantī computed on Saturday, 2026-03-212027 occurrenceMatsya Jayantī computed on Friday, 2027-04-09ŚB 8.24local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 8.24BG 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 8.24 · Matsya Purāṇa 1-2