more detailed breakdown (such as all 24 Tirthankaras assigned to a specific day in a month)
Answer
In Jain tradition, the 24 Tirthankaras are not generally assigned one-by-one to fixed days of a single month in the way some calendars assign deities to dates.
What Jain tradition does preserve is the Kalyanak dates of each Tirthankar, especially:
- Chyavan Kalyanak – conception
- Janma Kalyanak – birth
- Diksha Kalyanak – renunciation
- Kevaljnan Kalyanak – omniscience
- Nirvan / Moksha Kalyanak – liberation
These dates are observed according to the Jain lunar calendar, not by assigning each Tirthankar to a regular day of one month.
Explanation
A more traditional “detailed breakdown” would be based on the Panch Kalyanak of each of the 24 Tirthankaras.
The 24 Tirthankaras are:
- Rishabhdev / Adinath Bhagwan
- Ajitnath Bhagwan
- Sambhavnath Bhagwan
- Abhinandannath Bhagwan
- Sumatinath Bhagwan
- Padmaprabh Bhagwan
- Suparshvanath Bhagwan
- Chandraprabh Bhagwan
- Pushpadant / Suvidhinath Bhagwan
- Sheetalnath Bhagwan
- Shreyansnath Bhagwan
- Vasupujya Bhagwan
- Vimalnath Bhagwan
- Anantnath Bhagwan
- Dharmanath Bhagwan
- Shantinath Bhagwan
- Kunthunath Bhagwan
- Aranath Bhagwan
- Mallinath Bhagwan
- Munisuvrat Swami
- Naminath Bhagwan
- Neminath Bhagwan
- Parshvanath Bhagwan
- Mahavir Swami Bhagwan
However, Jain practice does not normally say:
- “Day 1 belongs to Rishabhdev”
- “Day 2 belongs to Ajitnath”
- and so on through one month
That kind of arrangement may appear in some local devotional practices, temple programs, children’s learning charts, or personal worship schedules, but it is not a universal scriptural calendar rule.
If You Want a 24-Day Devotional Schedule
If your goal is devotional practice, you may respectfully create a 24-day Tirthankar remembrance schedule, such as:
- Day 1 – Rishabhdev Bhagwan
- Day 2 – Ajitnath Bhagwan
- Day 3 – Sambhavnath Bhagwan
- Day 4 – Abhinandannath Bhagwan
- Day 5 – Sumatinath Bhagwan
- Day 6 – Padmaprabh Bhagwan
- Day 7 – Suparshvanath Bhagwan
- Day 8 – Chandraprabh Bhagwan
- Day 9 – Pushpadant / Suvidhinath Bhagwan
- Day 10 – Sheetalnath Bhagwan
- Day 11 – Shreyansnath Bhagwan
- Day 12 – Vasupujya Bhagwan
- Day 13 – Vimalnath Bhagwan
- Day 14 – Anantnath Bhagwan
- Day 15 – Dharmanath Bhagwan
- Day 16 – Shantinath Bhagwan
- Day 17 – Kunthunath Bhagwan
- Day 18 – Aranath Bhagwan
- Day 19 – Mallinath Bhagwan
- Day 20 – Munisuvrat Swami
- Day 21 – Naminath Bhagwan
- Day 22 – Neminath Bhagwan
- Day 23 – Parshvanath Bhagwan
- Day 24 – Mahavir Swami Bhagwan
This can be used for:
- daily darshan
- reciting one Tirthankar’s name each day
- learning their lanchhan symbols
- teaching children
- personal bhakti and reflection
But it should be understood as a devotional learning schedule, not as an official Jain calendar assignment.
Spiritual Understanding
Each Tirthankar represents the same perfected state of the soul:
- infinite knowledge
- infinite perception
- infinite bliss
- infinite energy
- complete freedom from karma
Remembering the 24 Tirthankaras day by day helps a devotee cultivate:
- faith in the path of liberation
- reverence for Arihant Bhagwan
- discipline in daily worship
- detachment from worldly passions
Takeaway
A fixed “one Tirthankar per day in a month” system is not a standard Jain scriptural calendar practice. But a 24-day devotional remembrance schedule beginning with Rishabhdev Bhagwan and ending with Mahavir Swami Bhagwan is a respectful and useful way to study and worship all 24 Tirthankaras.