🪷 वामन जयन्ती · Vāmana Jayantī

📅 When is Vāmana Jayantī?

YearDateDay
20252025-09-04Thursday
2026 (this year)2026-09-23Wednesday
20272027-09-12Sunday
Vāmana's three-step measure of all worlds; Bali's surrender. (= Onam in Kerala.)
Associated deity: Vāmana (5th daśāvatāra of Krishna)

Tradition

Tradition: Vaishnava

Avatāra index: #15 of 22 (per Bhāgavata 1.3)

Vrata: Yes (fasting day)

Detection Rule (Pure Pañchāṅga-Based)

{
  "tithi_number": 12,
  "tithi_paksha": "Śukla",
  "lunar_month": "Bhādrapada"
}

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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Vāmana Jayantīlocal festival mūrti-page · Vaishnava/festivalsall 124 festival pages and tradition categories/2026 Hindu calendaryear-level festival occurrence aggregation from the same engine2025 occurrenceVāmana Jayantī computed on Thursday, 2025-09-042026 occurrenceVāmana Jayantī computed on Wednesday, 2026-09-232027 occurrenceVāmana Jayantī computed on Sunday, 2027-09-12ŚB 8.18local Bhāgavata route mirrored from festival source text: Bhāgavata 8.18-22BG 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 8.18-22