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
- Tuesday, 20 April 2027
- Sunday, 9 April 2028
- Saturday, 28 April 2029
Where Hanuman Jayanti (Karnataka) falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 20 Apr
- 2028: 9 Apr, 10 days earlier
- 2029: 28 Apr, 18 days later
The dates, year by year
Telugu calendar, computed for Chennai
What the day is
The birth of Hanuman as the Karnataka and North Indian almanacs reckon it, on the full moon of Chaitra. Hanuman temples are given a full abhishekam with vermilion and oil, the Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundara Kanda is recited, and vadamala, a garland of vadai, is offered.
- Deity
- Hanuman, Rama
- Kind
- Festival Days of celebration: the house is decorated, a feast is cooked and the temple is visited.
Significance
Almost every Karnataka village has its Anjaneya or Maruti temple at the edge of the settlement, the guardian of the fields and the road, and on this full moon the village keeps his birthday there, the image smeared with sindoora and butter and the elders taking darshan at sunrise. Kannada tradition places Kishkindha around Hampi, and the Anjanadri hill across the Tungabhadra is held to be where Anjana gave birth to him. In the Madhva homes of Karnataka Hanuman is Mukhyaprana, the chief breath, the first of the three forms of Vayu, with Bhima and Madhvacharya after him, and many of the old village Hanumans are held to have been installed by the saint Vyasaraja. Families keep the day for strength and courage, and for relief from Shani, whom Hanuman is said to have freed from Ravana's prison.
How it is kept
The puja as a household does it, in order. Tick each step as it is done.
Hanuman Jayanti (Karnataka): how it is kept
Keep ready
- a picture or image of Anjaneya
- sindoora (vermilion) with sesame oil or butter
- betel leaves (veelyadele) for a garland
- red flowers and tulasi
- a sesame-oil lamp and camphor
- bananas and jaggery
- uddina vade
- the Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundara Kanda
The steps
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What is cooked
Karnataka offers uddina vade, often threaded into a vade garland, with panaka, kosambari, bananas and jaggery, and butter for the alankara. The fast is broken in the evening on fruit, milk and the prasadam, and the family meal after it is vegetarian, often with chitranna or puliyogare.
The hour
Clock times for Tuesday, 20 April 2027 at Chennai
Chaitra Pournami at sunrise; the puja is usually at sunrise, when Hanuman is held to have been born.
The main rite. Chaitra Pournami at sunrise. The abhishekam and the first puja are at sunrise, the hour Hanuman is held to have been born, and the fast runs until the evening.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:54 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 05:54, sunset 18:22, 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 | Shukla Pournami from previous day 06:09 until next day 03:57 | then Krishna Prathamai until 2 days later, 03:31 |
| Nakshatra | Chitra until next day 04:29 | then Swati until 2 days later, 04:44 |
| Rahu kaal | 15:15 to 16:49 (1 h 34 min) | the eighth of the daylight left alone for a beginning |
| Yamaganda | 09:01 to 10:34 (1 h 34 min) | the eighth ruled by Yama, also avoided |
| Gulika | 12:08 to 13:42 (1 h 34 min) | the eighth of Saturn’s son; what is done in it is said to repeat |
| Abhijit | 11:43 to 12:33 (0 h 50 min) | the midday muhurta, good for most things |
| Moonrise | 17:55 | moonset next day 05:48 |
For Tuesday, 20 April 2027 at Chennai. A time marked "previous day" or "next day" is on the clock of that day.
The fast
Devotees keep a fast until the evening, often taking only fruit and milk, and offer betel leaves, vadai and jaggery.
What is avoided
Those keeping the fast take no meat, eggs, onion, garlic or liquor and keep celibacy through the day. The sindoora taken from the idol is worn on the forehead, never thrown away.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
Where the regions differ
Karnataka and the north keep Chaitra Pournami; Andhra and Telangana keep Hanuman Jayanti on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami instead, so both days are marked in this calendar. Tamil Nadu keeps Hanumath Jayanti in Margazhi, on yet another date.
In other regions
- Telugu (the dates above)
- In Telangana this full moon opens the forty-one day Hanuman deeksha, and Hyderabad holds its great Hanuman Vijaya Yatra procession through the city; the Telugu Hanumajjayanti itself comes forty-one days later.
- Kannada
- Karnataka almanacs mark Hanuma Jayanti on this full moon, kept at the village Anjaneya temples and at Anjanadri near Hampi. Many Kannada families and the Madhva mathas also keep Hanumad Vratam on Margashira Shukla Trayodashi, when those who wore the Hanuman mala give it up at Anjanadri, so traditions vary.
- North India
- The north keeps Hanuman Jayanti on this same full moon, with the Chalisa recited through the day and sindoor offered at every Hanuman temple.
- Maharashtra
- Maharashtra keeps Hanuman Jayanti at sunrise on the same full moon, with the birth kirtan in the Maruti temples and sunthwada, dry ginger with sugar and coconut, as the prasad.
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
ಹನುಮ ಜಯಂತಿಯ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳುHanuma Jayantiya shubhashayagalu
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
- Manojavam Marutatulyavegam
- Sundara Kandam of the Ramayana
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 (Karnataka)'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.