Festival Hanuman, Rama
Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana)
The Andhra and Telangana reckoning of Hanuman's birth, on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami, forty-one days after Chaitra Pournami.
Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana) 2027 falls on Monday, 31 May, computed for Chennai.
Latitude, longitude and time zone 13.08, 80.27
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place.
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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
Telugu calendar, computed for Chennai
- Monday, 31 May 2027
- Friday, 19 May 2028
- Wednesday, 6 June 2029
Where Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana) falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 31 May
- 2028: 19 May, 11 days earlier
- 2029: 6 Jun, 17 days later
The dates, year by year
Telugu calendar, computed for Chennai
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.
Significance
The Telugu almanacs cite the Parashara Samhita for Hanuman's birth on the tenth day of the dark half of Vaishakha, and so Andhra and Telangana keep the Hanumajjayanti forty-one days after the rest of the country. The forty-one days between make a mandala, the span a vow needs to take hold, and the Hanuman deeksha that fills them is the Telugu counterpart of the Ayyappa deeksha: saffron clothes, a mala at the neck, bhajans at dawn and dusk, and a guru swami who puts the mala on and takes it off. This morning is the viramana, the close of the vow, when the roads to Kondagattu in Telangana fill with deeksha holders coming to give up their malas. At Tirumala the day is kept at Akasa Ganga and the Japali tirtham, since the temple holds Anjanadri, one of its seven hills, to be his birthplace.
How it is kept
The puja as a household does it, in order. Tick each step as it is done.
Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana): how it is kept
Keep ready
- saffron clothes and the mala for the deeksha holder
- a coconut
- sindooram and sesame oil
- tamalapaku (betel leaves) for a garland
- red flowers and tulasi
- camphor and a sesame-oil lamp
- bananas
- garelu, panakam and vadapappu
- dakshina for the guru swami
The steps
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What is cooked
The deeksha holder's first meal after the viramana is the temple prasadam and then a simple vegetarian meal at home. Telugu homes offer garelu, often threaded into a garland, with bananas, panakam and vadapappu, and cook chakkara pongali or pulihora for the family.
The hour
Clock times for Monday, 31 May 2027 at Chennai
Vaishakha Krishna Dashami at sunrise; the deeksha is given up in the morning.
The main rite. Vaishakha Krishna Dashami at sunrise. The mala is given up in the morning after the abhishekam, and the fast is broken only after the viramana.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:41 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 05:41, sunset 18:32, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The day itself
| What | When | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Krishna Dasami from previous day 09:35 until 10:03 | then Krishna Ekadasi until next day 09:40 |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada until 12:36 | then Revati until next day 12:50 |
| Rahu kaal | 07:18 to 08:54 (1 h 36 min) | the eighth of the daylight left alone for a beginning |
| Yamaganda | 10:30 to 12:07 (1 h 36 min) | the eighth ruled by Yama, also avoided |
| Gulika | 13:43 to 15:19 (1 h 36 min) | the eighth of Saturn’s son; what is done in it is said to repeat |
| Abhijit | 11:41 to 12:32 (0 h 51 min) | the midday muhurta, good for most things |
| Moonrise | 01:44 | moonset 14:19 |
For Monday, 31 May 2027 at Chennai. A time marked "previous day" or "next day" is on the clock of that day.
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.
What is avoided
Through the deeksha and on this morning the holder takes no meat, eggs, liquor or tobacco, wears no footwear and keeps celibacy. The mala is never taken off anywhere but before the deity or at the guru swami's hand.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
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.
In other regions
- Telugu (the dates above)
- Andhra and Telangana alone keep Hanumajjayanti on this Dashami, with Kondagattu in Jagtial district, the Tadbund temple in Secunderabad and Tirumala's Anjanadri as its great centres. Those who took a shorter deeksha of twenty-one or eleven days count back from this day, so that every vow ends together.
The dates above are the Telugu reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Greeting
What is said to family and friends on the day
హనుమజ్జయంతి శుభాకాంక్షలుHanumajjayanti shubhakankshalu
Where this day is kept
Nearest first from Chennai, with what is recorded about each.
Temples of Rama near you
Not recorded for this day in particular: the nearest temples of the day's own gods, for a reader whose own temple is not listed above.
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Venkatakrishnan (Parthasarathy) with the arrow scars on his face
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu · The eight forms of Lakshmi in shrines on four floors, facing the sea
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Adhivyadhihara Bhaktha Anjaneyar, thirty-two feet tall from a single block of granite
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu · Neervanna Perumal below and Ranganathar on the hill, in four postures
Your family's own temple comes first, and its calendar is the one that decides.
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A temple is listed here only where the gazetteer's own line names this day, or where this day's own entry names the town, or where the day belongs to the ancestors or the nagas and the temple is recorded for that rite. Where neither table says anything, nothing is listed as kept for the day; where fewer than three are, the nearest temples of the day's own gods are added under a heading of their own.
Mantras
The prayers said with the day. Each opens with its words and meaning.
- Hanuman Chalisa: the opening dohas
- Sundara Kandam of the Ramayana
- Manojavam Marutatulyavegam
- Sri Rama Jaya Rama
A name without a link is a long reading, read in full from the family’s own copy or at the place of worship; the library prints the shorter prayers.
Fixing a day for it
The muhurtham rules for a puja held alongside, whose day the family chooses
Hanuman Jayanti (Andhra · Telangana)'s own date is set by the rule in "The hour" above, and no muhurtham moves it. For a temple visit around it, whose day the family does choose, the finder below applies these rules.
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.
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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.