Jain sacred season · reflection · forgiveness
What are Paryuṣaṇa and Daśalakṣaṇa Parva?
These are distinct annual Jain observances. Śvetāmbara Paryuṣaṇa lasts eight days and ends in Saṃvatsarī. Digambara Daśalakṣaṇa Parva centers ten virtues across ten named days.
Two traditions, kept distinct
Each observance follows its own duration and calendar endpoints.
Eight days of study, restraint, reflection, repentance, and forgiveness.
The concluding day, centered on annual pratikramaṇa and seeking forgiveness.
Ten named days honoring ten virtues of the soul.
A separately named Digambara day for seeking and extending forgiveness.
Pratikramaṇa is a structured practice of reviewing conduct, repenting harm, and renewing ethical commitments. Participation varies and may include fasting, study, teachings, meditation, worship, charity, and requests for forgiveness.
The ten virtues
Daśalakṣaṇa gives each day a distinct ethical focus.
The sequence is Uttama Kṣamā (forgiveness), Mārdava (humility), Ārjava (straightforwardness), Śauca (purity), Satya (truth), Saṃyama (self-restraint), Tapas (austerity), Tyāga (renunciation), Ākiñcanya (non-attachment), and Brahmacarya (celibacy or disciplined conduct).
Why it appears
The report follows two named Jain calendar references.
These dates follow named Jain calendar references rather than being derived from the Hindu amānta month calculation. Each displayed match identifies its source tradition and year, so it can be understood as a published calendar date rather than a universal astronomical result. Open Pañcāṅga also preserves a repeated lunar date without assigning it a new numbered virtue.
References: JAINA, Paryuṣaṇa and Daśalakṣaṇa · JAINA, Daśalakṣaṇa and Kṣamāvaṇī