Here is a simple, traditional day‑by‑day guide to Paryushan for this year. Exact civil (Gregorian) dates differ by city, country, and Sangh because they follow lunar tithis. Please follow your local Jain Sangh/panjika for the exact dates and timings.

SHWETAMBAR TRADITION (8 days, ending in Samvatsari)

• Day 1 (Paryushan ārambh): Sankalp for sādhana, daily pratikraman begins, swādhyay, samayik, and tapas. Resolve for ahiṃsā, satya, brahmacharya, asteya, aparigraha.
• Day 2: Swādhyay and pravachan on samyak-darshan, deepening of restraints (guptis), and forgiveness in conduct.
• Day 3: Focus on sāmāyika (equanimity) and internal purification; many begin or continue aṭṭhāī/upavās.
• Day 4: Kalpa Sūtra pāṭh/pravachan begins or continues; life and conduct of Tīrthaṅkaras.
• Day 5 (Mahāvīr Janma Vachan): Kalpa Sūtra section of Bhagwān Mahāvīr’s birth is ceremonially read; celebration is through devotion, not indulgence.
• Day 6: Continued swādhyay; tapasvī bahumānan (respect to observers of fasts) in many Sanghs.
• Day 7: Preparation for Samvatsari; Barasā-sūtra pūjā/saṃuhik alochanā where observed.
• Day 8 (Samvatsari – the most important day): Annual Pratikraman (saṃvatsarik), alochanā (confession), pratyākhyān (renewed vows), and universal kṣamāpanā. We say “Micchāmi Dukkaḍaṃ” to all beings.

Key daily practices (Shwetambar):

• Twice‑daily pratikraman (rai/devāsi); samayik; poshad/upavās according to capacity.
• Kalpa Sūtra listening during the middle days; charity (dāna) and seva with aparigraha-bhāva.
• Strict care in diet and activity to avoid hiṃsā; chauvihār where possible.

DIGAMBAR TRADITION (Das‑Lakṣaṇa Parva – 10 days, concluding on Anant Chaturdaśī; Kṣamāvaṇī is observed the day after in many places) Each day is dedicated to one supreme virtue