“Navpad Ayambil Oli” (often spoken as “navoad aayambil oli”) means:

• Navpad / Navapad = 9 supreme “pads” (posts):

Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan, Samyak Charitra, Samyak Tap.

• Ayambil = one very simple, tasteless meal in a day (no milk/curd/ghee/oil/sugar, very limited or no spices; usually plain boiled grains or pulses, with boiled water only at set times).
• Oli = 9‑day period of special sadhana.

What is Navpad Ayambil Oli?

• It is a 9‑day Jain festival of tapas and bhakti, done twice a year (in Chaitra and Ashwin months).
• Every day, one does Ayambil tap and worships Navpad / Siddhachakra.
• These 9 days are from Sud 7 (Satam) to Sud 15 (Poonam) of Chaitra and Ashwin.
• The focus is:

- Victory over taste - Reducing kashayas (anger, ego, deceit, greed) - Remembering and worshipping the 9 pads (Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan, Samyak Charitra, Samyak Tap).

During these days, along with Ayambil, Jains usually do:

• Siddhachakra / Navpad puja
• Samayik, pratikraman
• Swadhyay (study of Jain scriptures)
• Dhyan (meditation) and charity
• Extra care in ahimsa and good conduct.

Digambar & Shwetambar

• Shwetambar: often say “Ayambil Oli” or “Siddhachakra Oli”; main focus is Siddhachakra puja every day plus Ayambil.
• Digambar: often say “Navapad Oli” or “Navdevta Oli”; some do Ayambil, some Ekasan or Upvas; Navpad aradhana is central.

Rules of food etc. can differ slightly, but aim is the same – tapas + devotion to the Navpad.

You can read a simple explanation of Shri Navpad Ayambil Oli and its significance here