Hanuman Jayanti in Ayodhya

Date and timing in this city

In Ayodhya, Hanuman Jayanti falls on Wednesday 1 April 2026. The following year it falls on Tuesday 20 April 2027. Ayodhya keeps India Standard Time, listed here as Asia/Kolkata.

The observance is tied to Chaitra Purnima — the full moon of the Chaitra month — and marks the birth of Hanuman. Because the tithi is reckoned from Ayodhya's own sunrise, the date printed for the city is the date that applies to the city. Readers who follow a panchang computed for another location may see the observance placed on a neighbouring day.

Why the date can differ from India

A tithi is a segment of the moon's movement, not a fixed clock interval, and it begins and ends at moments that are the same everywhere in absolute terms but fall differently against local sunrise. Panchangams generally attach a tithi to the day on which it is current at sunrise, so the day a city observes depends on its own sunrise.

Ayodhya's sunrise differs from sunrise in other parts of India, and the difference is enough, in some years, for Chaitra Purnima to be assigned to one date in Ayodhya and another elsewhere. Regional conventions add a second layer: North Indian calendars commonly run the month purnimanta, while many South Indian calendars run it amanta. Where these traditions differ, both readings are held to be valid within their own usage, and families follow the panchang their lineage or local temple keeps. For personal questions about which day applies to your own observance, a qualified jyotishi is the right person to ask.

Where and how the community celebrates

Hanuman Jayanti is observed pan-India, and Ayodhya takes part in that wider pattern. The day is kept as the birth of Hanuman, and the ordinary shape of the observance is devotional: reading or hearing the Hanuman Chalisa and related katha, reciting his names, offering sindoor and chameli oil where that is the local custom, and keeping fast or a lighter diet for the day. Many devotees visit a Hanuman shrine near them, and many keep a simple japa or reading at home. Practices vary by region and by family, so what a household does may differ from what a neighbour does; both are recognisably the same festival.

Practical tips

• Note the two dates given here for Ayodhya: Wednesday 1 April 2026 and Tuesday 20 April 2027.
• If you follow a panchang for a city other than Ayodhya, check that city's sunrise-based date rather than assuming the Ayodhya date applies to you.
• Where amanta and purnimanta reckonings differ, follow your family's or temple's convention.
• Plan around local sunrise, since that is the reference point for the tithi.
• For anything specific to your own chart or practice, consult a qualified jyotishi.