Narasimha Jayanti 2027: Tuesday, 18 May 2027

Narasimha Jayanti in 2027 falls on Tuesday, 18 May 2027. It is kept on the Shukla Chaturdashi of amanta Vaishakha.

Why Narasimha Jayanti Is on 18 May in 2027

The Shukla Chaturdashi begins at 16:04 on 18 May 2027 and ends at 16:03 on 19 May 2027. The 2027 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Narasimha Jayanti tests the tithi at sayahna, the evening (“tithi through sayahna kaal”).

On 18 May 2027 the Sun rises at 05:29 and sets at 19:06 at New Delhi. The Shukla Chaturdashi is not running at sunrise on 18 May 2027; it begins at 16:04, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Narasimha Jayanti is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.

In 2027 the Shukla Chaturdashi lasts 23 hours 59 minutes, against 25 hours 21 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 28 minutes in 2028: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 13 hours 37 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

The daily panchang for 18 May 2027 gives Shukla Trayodashi at sunrise, not the Shukla Chaturdashi, which is the point of the rule above; the day before, Shukla Dwadashi; the day after, Shukla Chaturdashi. At that sunrise the yoga is Vyatipata and the karana Taitila. The panchang for 18 May 2027 has the rest of the day.

When the Shukla Chaturdashi begins, the Moon is in Swati, ruled by Rahu. By sunrise on 18 May 2027 the daily table has it in Chitra.

Narasimha Jayanti in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Narasimha Jayanti 2027 comes 18 days later in the calendar year than Narasimha Jayanti 2026. Between Narasimha Jayanti 2026 and Narasimha Jayanti 2027 the lunation table has 13 new moons, one more than the usual twelve, because 2026 had Adhika Jyeshtha; thirteen lunations run longer than a solar year, so the date moves later.

In the 2027 table Narasimha Jayanti comes 10 days after Akshaya Tritiya and 2 days before Buddha Purnima.

Within six days of Narasimha Jayanti in 2027: Buddha Purnima (20 May).

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Every 2027 festival is on the festival dates page and in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Narasimha Jayanti 2027 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.