Year Guide
Important dates through the year
This Ambedkarite Buddhist calendar is arranged for a reader in India and for the wider context of this site. That means it includes two kinds of dates together. One group comes from the Buddhist religious year, such as Asalha Puja or Buddha Purnima. The other group comes from Ambedkarite public memory and the anniversaries of leaders who shaped equality, education, and ethical public life.
Some of these dates stay fixed every year, such as 14 April for Ambedkar Jayanti or 6 December for Mahaparinirvan Diwas. Others move because they follow lunar calculation. This page keeps both in one place so a reader does not have to jump between several pages just to understand the year.
Bhima Koregaon Vijay Stambh remembrance
This date is important in Ambedkarite public memory because Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar visited the Bhima Koregaon Vijay Stambh on 1 January 1927. For many readers, it belongs in the yearly calendar of dignity, memory, and anti-caste history.
Savitribai Phule Jayanti
The birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule. On this site it matters because education, dignity, and public courage are part of the same moral history that leads into Ambedkarite thought.
Mooknayak Day
This date marks the first issue of Mooknayak in 1920. It matters because Ambedkar's journalism was central to building a public voice for the oppressed.
Ramji Sakpal remembrance
This date remembers Ramji Maloji Sakpal, Babasaheb's father. He remains important in Ambedkar's life story because of his role in education, discipline, and persistence under harsh conditions.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
This date remembers Shivaji Maharaj in the public calendar of Maharashtra and India. It is often observed through history programs, public memory, and discussion of leadership and state-building.
Kalaram Temple Satyagraha
This date remembers the 1930 Nashik temple-entry satyagraha. It is part of the wider Ambedkarite calendar of anti-caste assertion, rights, and dignity in public life.
Magha Puja
A major Buddhist observance connected with the Sangha. This date changes by year because it follows the lunar calendar, but in 2026 it falls on 3 March.
Mahad Satyagraha / Chavdar Tale
This date remembers the 1927 action at Mahad, where Dr. Ambedkar asserted the right of untouchables to draw water from a public tank. It is one of the foundational dates of civil rights struggle in Ambedkarite memory.
Jyotirao Phule Jayanti
This date remembers Jyotirao Phule's work against caste inequality and for education. It sits close to Ambedkar Jayanti in the yearly rhythm of social justice remembrance.
Ambedkar Jayanti
One of the most important public dates on the site. It marks the birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and is observed through study, public gatherings, memorial visits, and renewed attention to equality and constitutional morality.
Buddha Purnima / Vesak
The best known Buddhist festival in India. It remembers the Buddha's birth, awakening, and mahaparinirvana. Its Gregorian date changes every year, but for 2026 the date is 1 May.
Annihilation of Caste remembrance
This date marks the 1936 publication of Annihilation of Caste, one of Ambedkar's most important texts on caste, religion, and social reform.
Ramabai Ambedkar remembrance
This date remembers Ramabai Ambedkar. It belongs in the wider calendar because her life is deeply tied to Babasaheb's years of struggle, study, and sacrifice.
Shahu Maharaj Jayanti
This is an important date in the reform calendar of Maharashtra. It recalls Shahu Maharaj's work for education, representation, and anti-caste public policy.
Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha Day
This date marks the 1924 founding of Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha. It matters because education, organization, and public uplift were central to Ambedkar's early movement-building.
Asalha Puja / Dhamma Day
This observance remembers the Buddha's first sermon and the turning of the wheel of Dhamma. In 2026 it falls on 29 July. Like Vesak, its exact date moves with the lunar year.
Poona Pact remembrance
This date remembers the Poona Pact of 1932. It remains important in Ambedkarite history because of its long political consequences for representation and Dalit rights.
Dhammachakra Pravartan Din / Ashoka Vijayadashami
This is one of the central observances for Ambedkarite Buddhists. It remembers the 1956 conversion at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur and the public beginning of Navayana in its Ambedkarite form. Many observances also connect it with Ashoka's Buddhist legacy.
Kathina season
Kathina belongs to the post-Vassa period in many Buddhist traditions. It is not a single fixed civil date on this page, but it is useful to remember this season when planning temple visits and study programs.
Constitution Day
This is not a Buddhist festival, but it belongs to the yearly public calendar of Ambedkar readers. It is a date for constitutional study, public ethics, and Ambedkar's role in shaping modern India.
Mahaparinirvan Diwas
This date remembers Dr. Ambedkar after his passing and remains one of the most important annual days in Ambedkarite public life. It is observed with reflection, visits to Chaityabhoomi, study, and public homage.
Manusmriti Dahan Din
This date remembers the public burning of Manusmriti at Mahad in 1927. It is one of the clearest symbolic dates in Ambedkarite rejection of caste hierarchy and scriptural sanction for inequality.
