Kalki Jayanti as it was kept in 2025.

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Kalki Jayanti 2025

Wednesday, 30 July 2025, in Ahmedabad

Birth anniversaryGujarati · Hindu

Panchang on the day

July 2025Shravan · Vikram 2081 Nala

30

Wednesday

Waxing Sixth

until 02:42 next day

Virgo

  • પPa
  • ઠTha
  • ણNa
Sunrise
06:08
Sunset
19:23
Moonrise
11:00
Nakshatra
Hasta
until 21:53
Yoga
Siddha
until 03:39 next day
Karana
Kaulava
until 13:41
  • Rahu Kalam 12:46 to 14:25
  • Yamaganda 07:47 to 09:27

Why this date

Shravan Waxing Sixth, taken at sunrise

Runs from 30 Jul 00:47 IST to 31 Jul 02:42 IST.

In short

Kalki Jayanti is a Jayanti observed according to the Hindu calendar. Its date and customary practices can vary by region and local Panchang.

The story

Kalki Jayanti is dedicated to Kalki, the future avatar of Vishnu. Unlike festivals remembering a birth believed to have happened already, it anticipates an event that has not yet taken place in the traditional account. The Bhagavata Purana and Vishnu Purana describe the declining moral order at the close of Kali Yuga and the promised arrival of Kalki. He is associated with Shambhala and Vishnuyasha's family, and is expected to end destructive rule and prepare the renewal of dharma.

Kalki is commonly portrayed as a warrior with a sword and a white horse. Different texts and works of art present details differently. The account forms part of the cyclical Hindu vision of time, in which a period of disorder gives way to renewal; it is not a dated, historically verified prediction of an imminent event. It would be inaccurate to call the festival the anniversary of Kalki's completed birth.

Devotees may pray to Vishnu, recite hymns and reflect on truthfulness, justice and moral restoration. Some calendars associate this observance with Shravan Shukla Shashthi, as the current database does, but the date is a worship convention whose regional authority needs further examination. The narrative is meaningful without fabricating accounts of Kalki having already appeared.

Why it matters

Kalki Jayanti is valued for devotion, family tradition and the spiritual or seasonal meaning attached to the day.

What people do

Worship Vishnu, recite devotional texts and reflect on ethical renewal without claiming Kalki has already appeared.

Told differently elsewhere

Shravan Shukla Shashthi is a calendar convention used by some communities, not a universally verified avatar birth date.

Questions people ask

When is Kalki Jayanti in 2025?
On Wednesday, 30 July 2025 in India. Runs from 30 Jul 00:47 IST to 31 Jul 02:42 IST.
Why does the date change every year?
It is kept by the lunar calendar, so its day on the civil calendar moves from year to year.
Is the date the same everywhere?
Yes. It is kept everywhere on the day it falls on in India.

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