🪷 नरसिंह जयन्ती · Narasiṁha Jayantī

📅 When is Narasiṁha Jayantī?

YearDateDay
20252025-05-11Sunday
2026 (this year)2026-04-30Thursday
20272027-05-19Wednesday
Bhagavān Narasiṁha manifested to protect the bhakta Prahlāda. Krishna's fierce protective form.
Associated deity: Narasiṁha (avatar of Krishna)

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

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 14,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Vaiśākha"
}

Sources

Precedence: 1 (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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Narasiṁha Jayantīlocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceNarasiṁha Jayantī computed on Sunday, 2025-05-112026 occurrenceNarasiṁha Jayantī computed on Thursday, 2026-04-302027 occurrenceNarasiṁha Jayantī computed on Wednesday, 2027-05-19ŚB 7.8local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata Purāṇa 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 Purāṇa 7.8