Hanuman Jayanti in Ahmedabad

Date and timing in this city

In Ahmedabad, Hanuman Jayanti falls on Wednesday 1 April 2026. The following year it falls on Tuesday 20 April 2027. These dates are worked out for Ahmedabad's own sunrise, using the city's time zone, Asia/Kolkata.

The tithi is Chaitra Purnima — the full moon of the Chaitra month. The observance marks the birth of Hanuman. Because the day is tied to a tithi rather than to a fixed civil date, the festival moves from year to year in the Gregorian calendar, and it can also shift by a day from one city to another.

Why the date can differ from India

A tithi is a span of the moon's movement, not a full solar day. It begins and ends at specific moments, and those moments are read against local sunrise. Panchangams therefore compute the festival for a given place, not for the country as a whole. Ahmedabad's sunrise is its own reference point, so the Ahmedabad date is the one to follow if you live there or are observing from there.

Traditions also differ in how the month itself is reckoned. Some communities follow the amanta system, others the purnimanta; Smarta and Vaishnava observance can likewise place the day slightly differently. Where these conventions diverge, the divergence is normal and long-standing. It is best to follow the panchangam your family or tradition uses, rather than to treat one reckoning as the only correct one.

Where and how the community celebrates

Hanuman Jayanti is pan-India in observance, and Ahmedabad is no exception. The day is kept with devotion to Hanuman. In general terms, households and neighbourhoods mark it with prayer, recitation and fasting, and many visit a local shrine. Devotees often read or listen to the Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundarakanda, and some take part in community gatherings and offerings of sindoor and chameli oil, customs that vary by family and region.

Because the brief names no specific venues, organisers or events in Ahmedabad, this page does not list any. For local timings and programmes, your neighbourhood temple or family priest is the practical guide.

Practical tips

• Note the Ahmedabad date: 1 April 2026 and 20 April 2027, computed for the city's sunrise.
• If you are travelling, check the panchangam for the place you will actually be in, since the date can differ from city to city.
• Follow the reckoning your own tradition uses where amanta and purnimanta, or Smarta and Vaishnava, customs differ.
• For anything tied to your personal chart, consult a qualified jyotishi rather than relying on a general page.