Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana) Festival The Andhra and Telangana reckoning of Hanuman's birth, on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami, forty-one days after Chaitra Pournami.
The name
The same day, written in each of the six scripts this app keeps
- English
- Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana)
- తెలుగు
- హనుమజ్జయంతి
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- ಹನುಮ ಜಯಂತಿ
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The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
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This day does not fall again in the next three years at this place. A few days are tied to the solar month rather than to the civil year, so a year can hold two of them or none.
What the day is
The Andhra and Telangana reckoning of Hanuman's birth, on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami, forty-one days after Chaitra Pournami. The forty-one day Hanuman deeksha that many keep in those states begins on Chaitra Pournami and ends on this day, when the mala is taken off at the temple.
- Deity
- Hanuman, Rama
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
The hour
The rule in words
Vaishakha Krishna Dashami at sunrise; the deeksha is given up in the morning.
The fast
Those in deeksha have kept one meal a day, celibacy and barefoot walking for forty-one days; the fast is broken after the temple visit.
Where the regions differ
Andhra and Telangana only. Karnataka and the north keep Chaitra Pournami, and Tamil Nadu keeps Margazhi Moolam, so there is no single Hanuman Jayanti date in India.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules that go with this festival
A temple visit, or the first darshan at a new temple. No weekday is ruled out: Tuesday belongs to Murugan and the Amman, Saturday to Perumal and Sani, so the day usually follows the deity rather than the almanac. Ashtami and Chaturdasi are the two tithis held back for darshan, with the standing exceptions of Sivaratri on Krishna Chaturdasi and Kala Bhairava Ashtami, which are kept on those very days. Rahu kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika kaal are not scored here; the panchangam page prints them for the day you pick, and most families simply wait them out.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.