Shwetambar
Ayambil Oli — Navpad Oli
Ayambil each day, and worship of the nine padas of the Siddhachakra, one a day: Arihanta, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak Darshana, Samyak Jnana, Samyak Charitra and Samyak Tapa. The grain is matched to the day’s colour — white rice for Arihant, green mung for Upadhyaya, black udad for Sadhu. The story of Shripal and Mayanasundari, the Shripal Rajano Ras, is read throughout.
- Shwetambar
- kept by
- Nine days each. The full form is nine consecutive nine-day olis — eighty-one ayambil days over four and a half years.
- how long
- Chaitra: 25 March – 2 April 2026
- when it falls
Which traditions keep it
Kept by Shwetambars, especially Murtipujak. It is not verified that Digambars do or do not keep an Ayambil Oli, so we say neither — see the note below.
What is done
Ayambil each day, and worship of the nine padas of the Siddhachakra, one a day: Arihanta, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Sadhu, Samyak Darshana, Samyak Jnana, Samyak Charitra and Samyak Tapa. The grain is matched to the day’s colour — white rice for Arihant, green mung for Upadhyaya, black udad for Sadhu. The story of Shripal and Mayanasundari, the Shripal Rajano Ras, is read throughout.
What we could not verify
Listed rather than left out. On a page about religious practice, a confident sentence we cannot support does more harm than a stated gap.
- The Aso Oli 2026 dates
- The dates in circulation did not agree with the tithi rule when we checked them, and no panchang we could reach published them. Take them from your sangh.
- Whether Digambars keep an Ayambil Oli
- We found no Digambar source either prescribing or disclaiming it. What is verified: Shwetambar laity perform the Oli and worship the Siddhachakra; Digambars have the nava-devata, also called navpadji; and taste-renunciation is an external austerity in both traditions. Do not read the widely repeated claim that "Digambars do not do ayambil" as established — we could not establish it.
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AboutThe Aso Oli 2026 dates
Sources
Where this came from
Graded, so you can weigh a claim rather than take it on trust.
- JAINpedia — Ayambil OliInstitutional or scholarly
- Oshwal Association of the UK — What is AyambilCommunity source
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