🪷 नरसिंह जयन्ती · Narasiṁha Jayantī
📅 When is Narasiṁha Jayantī?
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-05-10 | Saturday |
| 2026 (this year) | 2026-04-30 | Thursday |
| 2027 | 2027-05-18 | Tuesday |
Tradition
Tradition: Vaishnava
Avatāra index: #14 of 22 (per Bhāgavata 1.3)
Vrata: Yes (fasting day)
Primary observance: Sandhyā (twilight) abhiṣekam; recitation of Narasiṁha-Stotra
How the day is decided
Caturdaśī at sunset: on the first day only, the first; on both or on neither, the second; on the second only, the second.
Source: Dharmasindhu, Nṛsiṃha-jayantī (OCR 2709-2711). Computed on the Sūrya Siddhānta's sunrise, tithi and Moon at Ujjayinī (a city's page uses that city's sunrise).
Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)
{
"tithi_number": 14,
"tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
"lunar_month": "Vaiśākha",
"kala_rule": "narasimha-jayanti"
}Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa 7.8
Engine: Festival catalogue runs at request time over the Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate's pañchāṅga output
Sources and Connected Observances
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