Hanuman Jayanti 2026

Chaitra is the first month of the Hindu new year (Ugadi and Gudi Padwa). The Purnima marks Hanuman Jayanti in North India, celebrating the birth of Lord Hanuman with evening prayers and overnight Sunderkand recitation.

Earth's shadow has two zones: the dark umbra and the lighter penumbra. At Purnima, the Moon passes outside both and is fully illuminated. The Hindu tithi system divides the lunar month into 30 tithis of roughly 24 hours each — Purnima is tithi 15 of the bright fortnight (Shukla Purnima). Because tithis are astronomically defined by the Moon's angular distance from the Sun, the IST peak time can fall morning, afternoon, or night depending on the year.