2035
Friday, 20 April 2035
In 2035 the tithi runs from 4:41 pm on 19 Apr to 5:01 pm on 20 Apr; it is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi) on Friday, 20 April 2035, so that is the day of Mahavir Jayanti.
2036
Tuesday, 8 April 2036
In 2036 the tithi runs from 7:34 am on 8 Apr to 5:26 am on 9 Apr, and it never reaches sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi), so the day on which it begins is taken: Tuesday, 8 April 2036.
How the date is fixed
Mahavir Jayanti falls on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the lunar month Chaitra (Shukla Trayodashi). The date is the day on which that tithi is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi).
About
Mahavir Jayanti falls on the thirteenth tithi of the bright half of Chaitra, usually in late March or April. Jain tradition records the birth at Kundagrama near Vaishali in 599 BCE, in Uttara Phalguni nakshatra. The tithi at sunrise fixes the day, and it is a gazetted holiday in India. Both Shvetambara and Digambara communities keep the same date, which is uncommon among Jain observances.
How it is observed
Processions with the Tirthankara's image, abhisheka at Jain temples and readings from the Kalpa Sutra.