Kalki Jayanti as it was kept in 1994.

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Kalki Jayanti 1994

Friday, 12 August 1994, in Ahmedabad

Birth anniversaryGujarati · Hindu

Panchang on the day

August 1994Shravan · Vikram 2050 Parthiva

12

Friday

Waxing Sixth

until 02:41 next day

Virgo

  • પPa
  • ઠTha
  • ણNa
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
19:15
Moonrise
10:57
Nakshatra
Chitra
until 00:11 next day
Yoga
Sadhya
until 09:19
Karana
Kaulava
until 15:47
  • Rahu Kalam 11:06 to 12:44
  • Yamaganda 16:00 to 17:37
  • Abhijit muhurat 12:18 to 13:10

Why this date

Shravan Waxing Sixth, taken at sunrise

Runs from 12 Aug 04:53 IST to 13 Aug 02:41 IST.

In short

Kalki Jayanti is a Jayanti observed according to the Hindu calendar. Its date and customary practices can vary by region and local Panchang.

The story

Kalki Jayanti is dedicated to Kalki, the future avatar of Vishnu. Unlike festivals remembering a birth believed to have happened already, it anticipates an event that has not yet taken place in the traditional account. The Bhagavata Purana and Vishnu Purana describe the declining moral order at the close of Kali Yuga and the promised arrival of Kalki. He is associated with Shambhala and Vishnuyasha's family, and is expected to end destructive rule and prepare the renewal of dharma.

Kalki is commonly portrayed as a warrior with a sword and a white horse. Different texts and works of art present details differently. The account forms part of the cyclical Hindu vision of time, in which a period of disorder gives way to renewal; it is not a dated, historically verified prediction of an imminent event. It would be inaccurate to call the festival the anniversary of Kalki's completed birth.

Devotees may pray to Vishnu, recite hymns and reflect on truthfulness, justice and moral restoration. Some calendars associate this observance with Shravan Shukla Shashthi, as the current database does, but the date is a worship convention whose regional authority needs further examination. The narrative is meaningful without fabricating accounts of Kalki having already appeared.

Why it matters

Kalki Jayanti is valued for devotion, family tradition and the spiritual or seasonal meaning attached to the day.

What people do

Worship Vishnu, recite devotional texts and reflect on ethical renewal without claiming Kalki has already appeared.

Told differently elsewhere

Shravan Shukla Shashthi is a calendar convention used by some communities, not a universally verified avatar birth date.

Questions people ask

When is Kalki Jayanti in 1994?
On Friday, 12 August 1994 in India. Runs from 12 Aug 04:53 IST to 13 Aug 02:41 IST.
Why does the date change every year?
It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
Is the date the same everywhere?
Yes. It is kept everywhere on the day it falls on in India.

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