Sep 24, 2026 · 50 min · 10 segments
This episode examines how the Jain, Jewish, and Islamic traditions utilise specific religious calendars to facilitate the repair of human relationships. Through the practices of Paryuṣaṇa, Yom Kippur…
Iqbal AkhtarHost
Let's start with the sheer logistical collision of calendars happening right now in the fall of 2026 because it really sets the stage perfectly.
Yeah, the convergence this year is incredibly tight.
It's almost overlapping.
Specifically, the Sthānakvāsī Jains, which translates to the white-clad ascetics and their followers.
Yeah.
They just finished their major annual observances, Paryana and Savvatsari.
Depending on the specific regional almanac a community uses, those eight days of intense fasting and introspection fell either from September 7th through the 14th or the 8th to the 15th.
And right on the heels of that, you have the Digambara Jains, the sky-clad or traditionally naked ascetic sect.
Mm.
They follow a slightly different calendar, and they are finishing their 10-day festival of Dasalakana right now.
That's right, exactly.
That runs from September 16th to the 25th, leading directly into Kayamavani tomorrow, September 26th, which is their universal day of mutual forgiveness.
Precisely.
Now, completely parallel to this Indian chronological system, the Jewish High Holy Days just occurred on the Hebrew lunar calendar.
Yeah, it really is.
Jews globally observed Rosh Hashanah starting at sundown on September 11th.
That launched a 10-day period of intense moral accounting that culminated in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which just ended a few days ago, running from sundown on September 20th to nightfall on the 21st.
Yeah, the Saudi calendars project the next Hajj pilgrimage to begin in May 2027, but they're clearing financial debts, writing wills, and making peace right now.
Let's start with the sheer logistical collision of calendars happening right now in the fall of 2026 because it really sets the stage perfectly.
Yeah, the convergence this year is incredibly tight.
It's almost overlapping.
Specifically, the Sthānakvāsī Jains, which translates to the white-clad ascetics and their followers.
Yeah.
They just finished their major annual observances, Paryana and Savvatsari.
Depending on the specific regional almanac a community uses, those eight days of intense fasting and introspection fell either from September 7th through the 14th or the 8th to the 15th.
And right on the heels of that, you have the Digambara Jains, the sky-clad or traditionally naked ascetic sect.
Mm.
They follow a slightly different calendar, and they are finishing their 10-day festival of Dasalakana right now.
That's right, exactly.
That runs from September 16th to the 25th, leading directly into Kayamavani tomorrow, September 26th, which is their universal day of mutual forgiveness.
Precisely.
Now, completely parallel to this Indian chronological system, the Jewish High Holy Days just occurred on the Hebrew lunar calendar.
Yeah, it really is.
Jews globally observed Rosh Hashanah starting at sundown on September 11th.
That launched a 10-day period of intense moral accounting that culminated in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which just ended a few days ago, running from sundown on September 20th to nightfall on the 21st.
Yeah, the Saudi calendars project the next Hajj pilgrimage to begin in May 2027, but they're clearing financial debts, writing wills, and making peace right now.
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