Hanuman Jayanti is not a Gregorian date. It is Shukla paksha tithi 15 of Chaitra in the amanta reckoning, and the Gregorian day it lands on moves by up to a month between years because twelve lunations fall about eleven days short of a solar year.
Tithi
Purnima, Shukla paksha
Lunar month
Chaitra (amanta)
Tithi begins
20 Apr, 4:51 AM
Tithi ends
21 Apr, 3:57 AM
Decided at
Sunrise
Sunrise in New Delhi
20 Apr, 5:50 AM
Sunrise in New Delhi falls at 5:50 AM on that day, and that is the instant the tithi has to be running at for the day to carry the observance. It is computed for this city rather than assumed, because it is what decides the date.
The two instants above are the astronomy and are not in dispute. The day is an interpretation of them: this observance is decided at sunrise, so it belongs to the day whose sunrise the tithi carries — not simply to the day the tithi begins.
Meaning and observance
When is Hanuman's birthday celebrated?
Hanuman Jayanti is the observance commonly described as Hanuman's birthday. This page calculates the Chaitra Shukla Purnima date used across much of North India.
Regional traditions may observe Hanuman's birth on a different lunar date, so a local temple calendar can legitimately disagree.
The computed tithi start and end above show which rule produced this page's date.
Changing the city can change boundary times and, near an anchor boundary, the observance date.
All Hanuman Jayanti 2027 muhurat · New Delhi
Hanuman Jayanti muhurat
Hanuman Jayanti, the Purnima of Chaitra, celebrates the birth of Hanuman, son of Anjana and Kesari and of Vayu, the wind god, and Rama's greatest devotee. In New Delhi it falls on Tuesday, 20 April 2027; many temples celebrate the birth around sunrise (5:50 AM), and Purnima runs 4:51 AM to 3:57 AM (21 Apr). Several regions keep a Hanuman Jayanti of their own on other dates, explained below.
All Hanuman Jayanti 2027 muhurat in New Delhi
Muhurat
Time in New Delhi
What it is for
Sunrise (the birth)
5:50 AMThe upper edge of the Sun on the horizon, with refraction.
Tradition in Maharashtra and in many temples places Hanuman's birth at sunrise; the janmotsav, with the cradle, flowers and the first aarti, is held then.
Brahma Muhurta
4:22 AM to 5:06 AMThe 14th of the night's fifteen muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise.
The hour before dawn for the bath and the first worship; temple kirtans begin in it.
Auspicious choghadiya (day)
Chal9:05 AM to 10:43 AM
Labh10:43 AM to 12:20 PM
Amrit12:20 PM to 1:57 PM
Shubh3:35 PM to 5:12 PM
The day's Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal choghadiyas.
For the main puja, the sindoor chola at the temple or a havan, families who time it pick one of the day's good choghadiyas.
Abhijit Muhurat
11:54 AM to 12:46 PMThe 8th of the day's fifteen muhurtas, around local noon.
The midday muhurta, for a puja or havan later in the day; by convention there is none on a Wednesday.
Auspicious windows that day
Auspicious windows that day
Window
Time in New Delhi
What it is
Abhijit Muhurat
11:54 AM to 12:46 PM
Auspicious
Amrit Kaal
10:07 PM to 11:43 PM
Most Auspicious
Brahma Muhurat
4:22 AM to 5:06 AM
Auspicious
Windows usually worked around
These are the spans classical muhurta sets aside for beginnings. They are descriptions of a convention, not warnings: the observance is kept on its day regardless, and nothing here needs to be bought, corrected or remedied.
Windows usually worked around
Window
Time in New Delhi
Rahu Kaal
3:35 PM to 5:12 PM
Yamaganda Kaal
9:05 AM to 10:43 AM
Durmuhurta First
8:26 AM to 9:18 AM
Varjyam
12:36 PM to 2:12 PM
Every time above is computed for New Delhi around Tuesday, 20 April 2027, from the sunrise, sunset and the positions of the Sun and Moon for this city. The Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a window whose clock time falls after midnight still belongs to the evening before; a time on another date carries that date.
Puja vidhi · step by step at home
Hanuman Jayanti puja vidhi
Rise before dawn
Wake in the Brahma muhurta, bathe and wear clean red or saffron clothes, and keep the day calm, sattvic and celibate, as Hanuman's worship asks.
Sankalp and altar
Take the sankalp of the fast and puja. Place a picture or idol of Hanuman, ideally with Rama and Sita, on a red cloth, and worship Ganesha and then Rama first; devotion to Rama is what pleases Hanuman most.
The birth at sunrise
Where the family or temple keeps the janmotsav at sunrise, rock a small cradle, shower flowers and sing the aarti as the sun rises.
Sindoor and chola
Offer sindoor: at temples, the chola of sindoor mixed with jasmine oil is applied to the idol with a new janeu and a red cloth; at home, a tilak of sindoor on the idol or picture is enough.
Offerings
Offer red flowers or a garland, tulsi leaves, a lamp of ghee or jasmine oil and incense, and naivedya of boondi or besan laddoos, jaggery with roasted gram, bananas or a sweet paan beeda.
Hanuman Chalisa and Sundar Kand
Recite the Hanuman Chalisa, once, eleven times or more, or the Sundar Kand of the Ramcharitmanas, which tells of his leap to Lanka; many temples hold the path through the day.
Aarti
Sing 'Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki' with a ghee lamp and camphor, and take the blessing of the flame.
Prasad and seva
Share the prasad, give food or water to those in need, and join the temple's bhandara or shobha yatra if there is one.
End the fast
Those fasting live on fruit and milk through the day and break the fast after the evening aarti, or the next morning, as the family's custom says.
Samagri · what to keep ready
Hanuman Jayanti puja samagri list
A picture or idol of HanumanWith Rama and Sita if possible.
A red clothTo spread on the altar and to offer.
Sindoor and jasmine oilFor the chola at a temple, or a tilak of sindoor at home.
A janeu (sacred thread)Offered to Hanuman, who wears one of munj grass in the Chalisa.
Red flowers, a garland and tulsi leavesFor the worship.
A lamp of ghee or jasmine oil, incense and camphorFor the puja and the aarti.
NaivedyaBoondi or besan laddoos, jaggery with roasted gram, bananas and a sweet paan beeda.
A red or saffron flagOffered at the temple or raised at home.
The Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundar KandFor the recitation.
Shri guru charana saroja raja nija manu mukuru sudhari Baranaun Raghubara bimala jasu jo dayaku phala chari Buddhihina tanu janike sumiraun Pavana-kumara Bala budhi bidya dehu mohin harahu kalesa bikara
Meaning: Cleansing the mirror of my mind with the dust of my guru's lotus feet, I tell the pure glory of Rama, best of the Raghus, which grants the four aims of life. Knowing myself to be without understanding, I remember the son of the wind: give me strength, wisdom and knowledge, and take away my afflictions and faults. The opening of Tulsidas's Hanuman Chalisa.
When and how: Said before the Chalisa, or alone when there is no time for the whole of it.
Meaning: I take refuge in Shri Rama's messenger, swift as the mind and fast as the wind, master of the senses, foremost of the wise, son of the wind, chief of the vanara hosts. From the Shri Rama Raksha Stotra, ascribed to the sage Budha Kaushika.
When and how: Said at the start of the puja, or before a journey or a difficult task.
Meaning: I bow to the son of the wind, abode of matchless strength, his body shining like a mountain of gold, a fire to the forest of demons, foremost of the wise, treasury of every virtue, lord of the vanaras, beloved devotee of Rama. Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas, the third of the Sanskrit shlokas that open the Sundar Kand.
When and how: Recited before the Sundar Kand path, or as a salutation at the aarti.
Om Ham Hanumate Namah
ॐ हं हनुमते नमः
Om Ham Hanumate Namah
Meaning: Om; with the seed syllable Ham, salutation to Hanuman. A traditional seed-syllable mantra found in Hanuman mantra collections; it has no Veda or Purana source.
When and how: Japa on a rudraksha or red sandalwood mala, 108 times.
AartiHanuman Aarti: Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Kithe full text
आरती कीजै हनुमान लला की। दुष्ट दलन रघुनाथ कला की॥ जाके बल से गिरिवर कांपे। रोग दोष जाके निकट न झांके॥
अंजनि पुत्र महा बलदाई। सन्तन के प्रभु सदा सहाई॥ दे बीरा रघुनाथ पठाए। लंका जारि सिया सुधि लाए॥
लंका सो कोट समुद्र-सी खाई। जात पवनसुत बार न लाई॥ लंका जारि असुर संहारे। सियारामजी के काज सँवारे॥
लक्ष्मण मूर्छित पड़े सकारे। आनि संजीवन प्राण उबारे॥ पैठि पाताल तोरि जम-कारे। अहिरावण की भुजा उखारे॥
बाएं भुजा असुरदल मारे। दाहिने भुजा संतजन तारे॥ सुर नर मुनि आरती उतारें। जय जय जय हनुमान उचारें॥
कंचन थार कपूर लौ छाई। आरती करत अंजना माई॥ जो हनुमानजी की आरती गावे। बसि बैकुण्ठ परम पद पावे॥
Aarti kijai Hanuman Lala ki. Dusht dalan Raghunath kala ki. Jake bal se girivar kanpe. Rog dosh jake nikat na jhanke.
Anjani putra maha baldai. Santan ke prabhu sada sahai. De beera Raghunath pathaye. Lanka jari Siya sudhi laye.
Lanka so kot samudra-si khai. Jaat Pavansut baar na lai. Lanka jari asur sanhare. Siyaramji ke kaaj sanvare.
Lakshman moorchhit pade sakare. Aani sanjeevan pran ubare. Paithi paatal tori jam-kare. Ahiravan ki bhuja ukhare.
Bayen bhuja asurdal mare. Dahine bhuja santjan tare. Sur nar muni aarti utaren. Jai jai jai Hanuman ucharen.
Kanchan thaar kapoor lau chhai. Aarti karat Anjana Mai. Jo Hanumanji ki aarti gave. Basi Baikunth param pad pave.
Text as it is commonly sung. The Gita Press Aarti Sangrah, in its Braj spelling, reads 'nikat na jhanpai' for 'nikat na jhanke', 'Sitaramji ke kaj' for 'Siyaramji ke kaaj' and 'paithi patal' for 'paithi paatal'. Printed text
Katha · the story and its meaning
Hanuman Jayanti katha and significance
The katha
Hanuman's mother Anjana, an apsara born on earth as a vanara, was the wife of the vanara chief Kesari. In the Valmiki Ramayana, Jambavan reminds Hanuman that Vayu, the wind god, fathered him, which is why he is called Pavanputra and Maruti; the Shiva Purana counts him as an avatar of Shiva, and many devotees honour him as the eleventh Rudra.
As an infant he saw the rising sun and, taking it for a ripe fruit, leapt to seize it. Indra struck him with the thunderbolt and injured his jaw, hanu, which gave him his name. When the grieving Vayu withdrew the air from the world, the gods revived the child and blessed him with strength, speed and protection from every weapon, and in the Ramcharitmanas Sita later blesses him to be ageless and immortal; tradition counts him among the chiranjivis, the ever-living.
He met Rama near Kishkindha and became his messenger and devotee: he leapt the ocean to find Sita in Lanka, burned the city, and carried the mountain of healing herbs to bring Lakshmana back to life. His birthday comes on the full moon of Chaitra, less than a week after Ram Navami.
Why it is kept
Hanuman stands for strength joined to humility: the mightiest of beings called himself only Rama's servant. Devotees turn to him as Sankat Mochan, the remover of troubles, for courage, freedom from fear and the strength to finish hard tasks, and his Chalisa is among the most recited prayers in India. Tradition holds that wherever Rama's name is sung, Hanuman is present.
Some now prefer the name Hanuman Janmotsav, reasoning that Hanuman, a chiranjivi, is still living; Hanuman Jayanti is the long-established name, and both mean the celebration of his birth. Several regions keep his birth on other days as well, so his worship runs from Chaitra into the winter months.
Upay · traditional practice
Hanuman Jayanti upay: traditional remedies
Hanuman Chalisa
Recite the Hanuman Chalisa eleven or a hundred and eight times, or the Sundar Kand. Devotees turn to it for courage and freedom from fear.
Sindoor and jasmine oil
Offer a chola of sindoor and jasmine oil at a Hanuman temple, or a tilak of sindoor at home; tradition holds sindoor especially dear to Hanuman.
A red flag
Offer a red or saffron flag at the temple or raise one at home; it is believed to guard the house.
Tuesday and Saturday vow
Begin a vow of Hanuman worship on Tuesdays or Saturdays from this day; a popular tradition holds that Shani does not trouble Hanuman's devotees.
Seva
Serve others: give a meal, gram and jaggery or water, or help at a bhandara. Tradition holds that Hanuman, the ideal servant, is pleased most by seva.
Rama's name
Chant 'Shri Ram Jay Ram Jay Jay Ram'; Hanuman is believed to come wherever Rama's name is sung.
The custom, in short
Hanuman Jayanti do's and don'ts
Do
Rise early, bathe and keep the day sattvic, calm and celibate.
Worship Rama and Sita along with Hanuman.
Offer sindoor, red flowers and a lamp.
Recite the Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundar Kand.
Share prasad and serve those in need.
Check the date your region keeps; the South and Odisha have their own.
Don't
Do not eat meat, eggs, onion or garlic, or take alcohol.
Do not quarrel or use harsh words.
Do not tease or harm monkeys, and do not feed them where it is forbidden.
Do not offer anything stale or already tasted as bhog.
Do not leave the lamp burning unattended.
Across India
Hanuman Jayanti customs and food
By region
North India (Chaitra Purnima)
Temples hold Sundar Kand and Chalisa paths, shobha yatras and bhandaras, and devotees offer the sindoor chola; the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi draws great crowds.
Ayodhya and Kartik Chaturdashi
Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya and some other traditions of the North keep Hanuman's birth on Kartik Krishna Chaturdashi, the eve of Diwali.
Maharashtra
Temples celebrate the birth at sunrise, with kirtan from before dawn, a cradle and the aarti.
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Chaitra Purnima is Chinna Hanuman Jayanti and opens the Hanuman deeksha; Pedda Hanuman Jayanti, on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami about forty days later, closes it, with great crowds at temples such as Kondagattu.
Karnataka
Hanumad Vratam is kept on Margashirsha Shukla Trayodashi, in December, and pilgrims climb Anjanadri hill near Hampi, one of several places that claim Hanuman's birth.
Tamil Nadu
Hanumath Jayanthi falls in the month of Margazhi, on the new moon, in December or January; temples such as Namakkal and Suchindram dress Anjaneya in garlands of vadai and coats of butter.
Odisha
Hanuman Jayanti is kept at Pana Sankranti, the Odia new year in mid-April, when the Sun enters Mesha.
Bhog, prasad and fasting food
Boondi and boondi laddoosThe classic Hanuman prasad, given out at temples.
Besan laddoosGram-flour laddoos, often offered on Tuesdays and on the Jayanti.
Jaggery and roasted gramGur-chana, a simple offering also given out as prasad.
BananasOffered and shared.
Sweet paan beedaBetel leaf with gulkand and fennel, offered after the meal.
Vadai malaiGarlands of urad dal vadai, offered to Anjaneya in Tamil Nadu.
Halwa, puri and chanaThe usual meal of the bhandaras.
PhalaharFruit and milk for those fasting.
Hanuman Jayanti across five years
Two years back, this year, and two ahead. Past years are kept rather than dropped so you can check the engine against a calendar you already have.
Hanuman Jayanti across five years
Year
Date
Status
2024
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
past
2025
Saturday, 12 April 2025
past
2026This year
Thursday, 2 April 2026
past
2027
Tuesday, 20 April 2027
upcoming
2028
Sunday, 9 April 2028
upcoming
Every row is computed for New Delhi from the same ephemeris, not looked up. Sunrise decides which day a tithi names, and sunrise differs across India by more than an hour, so a date computed for Delhi can be a day out elsewhere.
Why calendars disagree about this date
There is no single authority that settles a Hindu festival date, and the divergence is genuine rather than sloppy. Three causes account for almost all of it.
A tithi rarely starts at sunrise. One that is running at the deciding moment on two days — or on none — is claimed by both days under different rules.
Month reckoning. North India runs purnimanta, the south and west amanta. The same dark fortnight carries different month names in the two, so an observance defined as "krishna X of month Y" can land a full lunation apart.
Which moment decides. Most vratas belong to the day whose sunrise carries the tithi, but not all: this one is decided at sunrise. Almanacs that apply the sunrise rule to everything move several festivals by a day.
So this page shows its working. If your pandit or your family almanac gives a different day, the instants above will usually show you exactly why — and that is more useful than a date asserted without one.
In New Delhi, Hanuman Jayanti is on Tuesday, 20 April 2027, the Purnima of Chaitra; Purnima runs 4:51 AM to 3:57 AM (21 Apr), and the festival is kept on the day it holds at sunrise. Some regions keep Hanuman Jayanti on other dates; they are explained in the questions below.
Why does another calendar give a different Hanuman Jayanti date?
Three honest reasons. The tithi can be running at the deciding moment on two days or on none. North India reckons the month purnimanta and the south and west amanta, which names the same krishna fortnight differently. And almanacs differ on which moment of the day decides an observance. The instants above are the astronomy; the day is an interpretation of them.
What is the Hanuman Jayanti puja time?
There is no single classical muhurat. Tradition in Maharashtra and many temples places the birth at sunrise (5:50 AM), and kirtans begin in the Brahma muhurta (4:22 AM to 5:06 AM); the main puja is done in the morning, and those who time it use one of the day's good choghadiyas (Chal: 9:05 AM to 10:43 AM; Labh: 10:43 AM to 12:20 PM; Amrit: 12:20 PM to 1:57 PM; Shubh: 3:35 PM to 5:12 PM).
What is Hanuman Jayanti, and why is it celebrated?
It is the birthday of Hanuman, son of Anjana and Kesari and of Vayu, the wind god, Rama's devoted messenger who found Sita in Lanka and saved Lakshmana's life. Devotees celebrate him as Sankat Mochan, the remover of troubles, and ask for courage, strength and freedom from fear.
Is it Hanuman Jayanti or Hanuman Janmotsav?
Both names mean the same festival, the celebration of Hanuman's birth, on Tuesday, 20 April 2027 in New Delhi. Some prefer Janmotsav, birth festival, because tradition holds Hanuman to be a chiranjivi, still living, while Jayanti is the older and more widely used name.
Why do different regions keep different Hanuman Jayanti dates?
Traditions differ on the day of his birth. Most of North India keeps Chaitra Purnima; Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya and some other traditions keep Kartik Krishna Chaturdashi, the eve of Diwali; Telangana and Andhra Pradesh keep Vaishakha Krishna Dashami as Pedda Hanuman Jayanti; Karnataka keeps Margashirsha Shukla Trayodashi; Tamil Nadu keeps the new moon of Margazhi; and Odisha keeps Pana Sankranti. This page computes the Chaitra Purnima date.
Is Hanuman Jayanti in December?
In the South, yes: Karnataka keeps Hanumad Vratam on Margashirsha Shukla Trayodashi, usually in December, and Tamil Nadu keeps Hanumath Jayanthi on the new moon of Margazhi, in December or January. The Chaitra Purnima Hanuman Jayanti of the North, which this page computes, is on Tuesday, 20 April 2027 in New Delhi.
When is Hanuman Jayanti in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?
Twice: Chaitra Purnima, Tuesday, 20 April 2027 in New Delhi, is Chinna Hanuman Jayanti, when devotees begin the Hanuman deeksha, and Pedda Hanuman Jayanti, the main festival there, falls on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami, about forty days later, when the deeksha ends. This page computes the Chaitra Purnima date; check a Telugu panchangam for the Dashami.
How is Hanuman Jayanti puja done at home?
Bathe before dawn, set up a picture of Hanuman with Rama and Sita on a red cloth and worship Ganesha and Rama first. Offer sindoor, red flowers, tulsi, a lamp and naivedya of laddoos or jaggery with gram, recite the Hanuman Chalisa or the Sundar Kand, sing the aarti and share the prasad.
How is the chola of sindoor offered to Hanuman?
At temples, the chola is sindoor mixed with jasmine oil, applied to the idol after its bath, with a new janeu and a red cloth; priests often do it on the devotee's behalf. At home, a tilak of sindoor and a lamp of jasmine oil are enough. A folk story says Hanuman covered himself in sindoor after Sita told him she wore it for Rama's long life.
Which aarti is sung on Hanuman Jayanti?
'Aarti Kije Hanuman Lala Ki' is the aarti sung in homes and temples, given in full above with its transliteration. It is sung with a ghee lamp and camphor after the puja, and many devotees follow it with the Hanuman Chalisa.
Which mantra should I chant on Hanuman Jayanti?
The Hanuman Chalisa is the most loved recitation. For japa, 'Om Ham Hanumate Namah', 108 times, is common, and 'Manojavam', from the Rama Raksha Stotra, is said before a journey or a difficult task; the texts are given above.
What should I do on Hanuman Jayanti?
Rise early and keep the day sattvic, worship Rama and Hanuman together, offer sindoor and a lamp, recite the Chalisa or the Sundar Kand, and serve others with food or water. Many also start a vow of Hanuman worship on Tuesdays or Saturdays from this day.
How is the Hanuman Jayanti fast kept?
Devotees fast from sunrise on fruit and milk, or water alone if they are able, and break the fast after the evening aarti or the next morning. Meat, eggs, onion, garlic and alcohol are avoided; the ill, the elderly and pregnant women can keep a lighter fast.
What is the Hanuman deeksha?
In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh many devotees take a deeksha, a vow of up to forty-one days, from Chinna Hanuman Jayanti on Chaitra Purnima to Pedda Hanuman Jayanti on Vaishakha Krishna Dashami. They wear saffron, keep celibacy and a sattvic diet and worship daily, and end the vow at a Hanuman temple such as Kondagattu.
Is Hanuman Jayanti a holiday?
It is not a national public holiday, and only some states and employers give the day off; banks follow the RBI's state-wise lists, so check that year's official lists. This page computes the festival date, Tuesday, 20 April 2027 in New Delhi, not holiday schedules.
