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    Create varsi tap calendar

    6 months ago 98

    Varsi Tap (Varshitap) is based on the Jain lunar calendar, so an exact “date-wise” calendar depends on:

    • Your start date / year
    • Your location (for tithi calculations)
    • Which tradition you are following (small variations in rules)

    Because of that, I can’t generate a precise, correct day‑by‑day calendar without at least a start date. But I can give you a ready‑to-use template which you (or your local panchang / guru) can fill with exact dates.

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    Step 1 – Fix the main tithis

    Common Śvetāmbara practice (often called Varshi‑tap / Varshitap):

    • Start: Chaitra Shukla 8 (Ashtami)
    • End (Parna): Vaishakh Shukla 3 (Akshaya Tritiya – next year)

    For 2026‑specific guidance and basic explanation, you can read more here:

    Please confirm your start year and then use a Jain panchang (or temple) to convert these tithis into actual calendar dates.

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    Step 2 – Simple Varsi Tap pattern (template)

    Varsi Tap is usually alternate‑day fasting for about 13 lunar months + 13 days.

    You can write your calendar like this:

    • Day 1 – Start day – Fast (Upvās)
    • Day 2 – Parna day – eat (usually Ekasana or Beshna, simple Jain food)
    • Day 3 – Fast
    • Day 4 – Parna day
    • Day 5 – Fast
    • Day 6 – Parna day
    • … continue this alternate pattern till Parna on Akshaya Tritiya.

    So in a table form (you fill dates and tithis):

    | Sr. | Date | Tithi | Vow for the Day | |-----|------|-------|----------------------------| | 1 | | | Fast (Upvās) | | 2 | | | Parna – Ekasana/Beshna | | 3 | | | Fast (Upvās) | | 4 | | | Parna – Ekasana/Beshna | | … | | | … continue till completion |

    On each day, also mark:

    • Samayik / Pratikraman (if you do daily)
    • Extra niyam (e.g., no root vegetables whole year, no outside food, swadhyaya, etc.)

    A more detailed explanation of Varshitap vidhi is here:

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    Step 3 – How to build your actual calendar

    1. Take this blank pattern (alternate Fast / Parna).
    2. From your panchang, write:

    - Exact date - Tithi

    1. Continue filling for one full Varshi Tap cycle, ending at Vaishakh Shukla 3 (Akshaya Tritiya) of the next year.
    2. If your guru / tradition has:

    - Any continuous fasts instead of alternate days on some special tithis, - Or special rules on Paryushan, Das Lakshan, Mahavir Jayanti, add those notes in the “Remarks” column.

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    Step 4 – Important notes (tradition‑wise)

    • Śvetāmbara: commonly 13 months + 13 days, alternate‑day fasting, Parna with sugarcane juice on Akshaya Tritiya.
    • Digambar: there are also shorter Varshi‑tap patterns (about 6 months) in some traditions; the basic idea (alternate fasting, end on Akshaya Tritiya) is similar but details differ. Always follow the Acharya / Muni / Aryika you are connected to.

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    If you tell me:

    • Your country/city and
    • Year you want to perform Varsi Tap

    I can lay out a filled-in sample table structure (fast/parna sequence, remarks), which you can then align exactly with a Jain panchang for your area.

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