Here is a simple Varshitap timetable / pattern (for a full-year Varshitap of Bhagwan Rishabhdev):

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1. Basic period (kāl)

• Start: Chaitra Shukla 8 (चैत्र शुक्ल अष्टमी)
• End / Pārṇā: Vaishakh Shukla 3 (वैशाख शुक्ल तृतीया – Akha Trij / Akshay Tritiya) of the next year
• Exact English (Gregorian) dates change every year – always confirm from a Jain Panchāng of that year.

You can see a related explanation here:

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2. Daily pattern

Traditional Varshitap is:

• Day 1 – Upvās (complete fast; only boiled water in fixed time as per maryādā)
• Day 2 – Ekāsan / Beāsan (eat once, or at most twice, in one sitting)
• Then repeat the same pattern for the full period.

So the cycle is:

> Upvās → Ekāsan → Upvās → Ekāsan → … > continuously, from start tithi until the Pārṇā day.

(Some do upvās–upvās–ekāsan, or other stricter variants, but the common standard is 1 day fast, 1 day ekāsan.)

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3. Special points during the year

Exact practice can vary by sangh, but commonly:

1. No break

- Generally, no “gap” is kept in between. - If health forces a break, take guidance from guru / learned shravak and adjust.

1. Poonam / Chaturthi / Chhath etc.

- Many sanghs keep upvās on important tithis (Poonam, Ashtami, Chaturdashi, etc.) even if that day would normally be ekāsan. - Follow your local sangh’s standard timetable or your guru’s instructions.

1. Pārṇā (ending Varshitap)

- Always on Vaishakh Shukla 3 – Akha Trij (Akshaya Tritiya). - Do Pārṇā only after proper Pratikraman, Khamāsan, Pachchhakkhān, etc., in presence of sādhu/saṁyami or as per your upādhyay / pāṭhśālā guidance.

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4. How to practically make your timetable

1. Take a Jain Panchāng for that year.
2. Mark:

- Start tithi: Chaitra Shukla 8 - End tithi: Vaishakh Shukla 3 (next year)

1. From the start tithi:

- Mark Day 1 = Upvās, - Day 2 = Ekāsan, - and continue alternately till the last day.

1. On Poonam, Aatham, Chaudas, Ashtami, etc., overwrite according to your sangh’s standard (often they keep upvās).

If you tell your year / country / city to a local Jain society or temple, they can usually give you a printed or PDF Varshitap calendar matching your time zone and tithis.

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5. Short spiritual reminder

• Varshitap is not only about counting fasts, but about:

- Samyag-darshan, samyag-gyān, samyag-chāritra - Reducing kashāy (anger, pride, deceit, greed) - Increasing jap, dhyān, svādhyay, pratikraman

So while timetable is important, bhāva (inner feeling) is most important.