Hanuman Jayanti 2027: Date, Puja Vidhi & Significance

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There is a special warmth in the way devotees say his name — Bajrangbali, Sankat Mochan, Pawanputra, Mahavir. Hanuman ji is at once the mightiest of the mighty and the gentlest of servants, a god whose whole strength is poured out in devotion to another. Hanuman Jayanti is the day we celebrate his sacred birth, and every year devotees begin to ask the same eager question: when does Hanuman Jayanti fall, how do we keep the puja, and what may we offer to please him? This guide answers all of that in plain language for 2027 — the expected date (and why different regions keep it on different days), the beautiful truth that Hanuman is himself the eleventh Rudra avatar of Lord Shiva, the birth story, the full puja vidhi and offerings, and the deep power of the Hanuman Chalisa and Sunderkand paath. Above all, it holds up the one lesson Hanuman ji teaches more clearly than any other: that true strength is selfless seva.

What is Hanuman Jayanti?

Hanuman Jayanti — also written Hanuman Janmotsav — is the festival that marks the birth of Lord Hanuman, the divine vanara who became the greatest devotee of Lord Rama. He is worshipped across India as the god of strength, courage, protection and unshakeable bhakti: the one who leapt across the ocean to Lanka, who carried the whole Sanjeevani mountain to save Lakshman, who tore open his own chest to show Rama and Sita seated in his heart. To remember his birth is to draw near to that fearless, humble love. On this day temples fill from before dawn with the sound of the Hanuman Chalisa, murtis are bathed and dressed in fresh sindoor and a chola, and devotees keep fasts, read the Sunderkand, and feed the hungry in his name.

When is Hanuman Jayanti 2027?

In North India, Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on the full-moon day (Purnima) of the Chaitra month, which usually falls in April. For 2027, the Chaitra Purnima Hanuman Jayanti is expected around 20 April 2027 — and beautifully, that day is expected to be a Tuesday, Hanuman ji's own most beloved weekday. Please treat this as the anticipated date and confirm the exact tithi and the sunrise-based Purnima with a reliable local panchang, as the day can shift slightly by region and by your city's sunrise.

A gentle point worth knowing: Hanuman Jayanti is not kept on a single date across all of India. Different, equally ancient traditions honour his birth at different times of the year. Here are the main regional observances and their expected 2027 windows — all approximate, to be confirmed with a local panchang:

So if a friend in Chennai or Hyderabad tells you Hanuman Jayanti falls on a different day than yours in Delhi, you are both right — you are simply following two different, equally sacred reckonings. For most devotees in the North, including here in Delhi, the Chaitra Purnima date around 20 April 2027 is the one to plan for. As always, confirm with a local panchang before fixing your fast or temple visit.

Is Hanuman an avatar of Shiva? The eleventh Rudra

Yes — and this is one of the most beautiful truths of our tradition. Lord Hanuman is revered as the eleventh Rudra avatar of Lord Shiva. The Rudras are the eleven fierce forms of Mahadev, and it is held that Shiva himself took birth as Hanuman so that he could serve Lord Rama — that is, Vishnu in his Rama avatar — during the great work of the Ramayana. In this one figure the two great streams of devotion meet: the destroyer of ignorance, Shiva, incarnate as the perfect servant of the preserver, Vishnu. That is why worshipping Hanuman ji is so dear to Shiva bhakts, and why the Sankat Mochan is honoured in Shiva temples as naturally as in his own. When you fold your hands before Bajrangbali, you are also bowing to Bholenath.

Where there is Rama, there is Hanuman; and where there is Hanuman, there is the very strength of Shiva bent low in loving service.

The birth story of Hanuman

The Puranas tell that Hanuman was born to Mata Anjana, a celestial apsara, and Kesari, the mighty vanara king, in the hills of Kishkindha (some traditions place his birthplace at Anjanadri near Hampi, others at Anjaneri near Nashik). Anjana had performed long tapasya to Lord Shiva for a son. At the same time, King Dasharatha of Ayodhya performed the putrakameshti yajna for children, and the sacred payasam (kheer) blessed in that fire was, by the wind, carried to Anjana — and Vayu, the wind god, placed that divine blessing in her. So Hanuman is Pawanputra, the son of the wind, and also the Rudra amsha of Shiva made manifest. As a child he was so radiant and so full of energy that, mistaking the rising sun for a ripe fruit, he leapt into the sky to seize it — a story that already reveals the fearless, boundless spirit that would one day cross the ocean to Lanka.

Hanuman Jayanti puja vidhi (step by step)

The worship of Hanuman ji is simple, joyful and open to everyone. You do not need elaborate materials — a clean heart, a red flower, and the Chalisa on your lips are enough. A common and beloved order for the day's puja is:

• 🔱Rise early, bathe, and wear clean clothes — red or saffron if you have them. Take a simple sankalp (resolve) to keep the day for Hanuman ji.
• 🔱Clean the puja space and place a murti or picture of Hanuman ji, ideally facing him toward you. Many keep a picture of Ram Darbar alongside, for Hanuman is happiest at Rama's feet.
• 🔱Light a diya of pure ghee or mustard oil (a chameli / jasmine oil diya is especially loved) and light incense.
• 🔱Bathe the murti (if metal) and apply fresh sindoor mixed with a little chameli oil — the offering of sindoor is Hanuman ji's most cherished.
• 🔱Offer a red flower (like a garland of red hibiscus or roses), akshat, a sacred thread (janeu), and dress the murti with a silver or vermilion chola if you observe that custom.
• 🔱Offer the bhog — boondi, laddoo, gud-chana, bananas, or paan — and a tulsi leaf, which Hanuman ji accepts as he serves Rama, whom tulsi is dear to.
• 🔱Read the Hanuman Chalisa (many read it seven or eleven times), then the Bajrang Baan or Sunderkand as time allows.
• 🔱Perform the aarti, circle the diya, and end by asking his protection for your family — then distribute the prasad and, in his true spirit, feed someone in need.

What to offer Hanuman ji

Hanuman ji is famously easy to please — he asks for devotion, not display. Still, certain offerings are especially loved, and keeping them ready makes the puja flow with joy. Here is a simple table of the most cherished offerings and what each one means:

Whatever you offer, offer it clean and offer it with love. A single laddoo given with real bhakti pleases Hanuman ji far more than a lavish thali given for show — and the truest offering of all, as we will see, is the seva you carry out in his name.

The power of the Hanuman Chalisa & Sunderkand paath

No prayer in all of North India is loved and recited as widely as the Hanuman Chalisa — the forty verses composed by Goswami Tulsidas in praise of Bajrangbali. Devotees turn to it for courage in fear, for protection on a journey, for relief in illness and sorrow, and simply for the peace that comes from remembering him. Its lines are believed to remove sankat (troubles), which is why Hanuman ji is called Sankat Mochan, the remover of afflictions. On Hanuman Jayanti many keep an akhand path, reciting the Chalisa continuously, or read it in rounds of eleven or one hundred and eight.

The Sunderkand — the fifth chapter of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas — is the heart of Hanuman worship. It tells of his leap across the ocean, his meeting with Sita in Ashok Vatika, and the burning of Lanka: the one section of the whole epic where Hanuman is the hero from start to finish. A Sunderkand paath on Hanuman Jayanti, whether at home or in a group at the temple, is held to bring strength, protection and the fulfilment of sincere wishes. Read slowly, with the mind on each scene, it is as much a meditation as a recitation.

Tuesday & Saturday worship of Hanuman

Two days of the week belong especially to Hanuman ji — Tuesday (Mangalwar) and Saturday (Shanivar). Tuesday is the day of Mangal, the planet of strength and courage, and is the classic day of Hanuman vrat; devotees fast, visit the temple, offer sindoor and boondi, and read the Chalisa. Saturday, ruled by Shani, is kept because it is believed that Hanuman ji can soften the difficulties of Shani for his devotees — the two share a story of mutual respect. Keeping these days through the year, not only on Hanuman Jayanti, is a gentle and steady way to stay under Bajrangbali's protection. A simple weekly practice looks like this:

• 🔱Bathe early and light a diya of mustard or chameli oil before his image.
• 🔱Offer sindoor, a red flower and a simple bhog of boondi or gud-chana.
• 🔱Read the Hanuman Chalisa (and the Bajrang Baan on Tuesdays if you can).
• 🔱Keep a light fast or a single sattvic meal, as your health allows.
• 🔱Close the day with an act of seva — feed a person or an animal in his name.

The spirit of seva and strength

If we listen closely, Hanuman ji teaches one lesson above all others: that true strength exists to serve. He could lift mountains and burn cities, yet he used every ounce of his power only in devotion — carrying Rama's name, guarding Sita, saving Lakshman, asking nothing for himself. This is the deepest meaning of Hanuman Jayanti. To celebrate his birth is not only to praise his might, but to turn our own strength, however small, toward the service of others. That is exactly the spirit in which our Shiv Kavar Samiti works through the year: strength given away freely, seva offered without asking who is watching. Hanuman ji, the Rudra avatar of Shiva bent low in loving service, is the perfect patron of every sewadar.

How you can join the seva this Hanuman Jayanti

The truest offering to Bajrangbali is to feed and serve his creation. Our Shiv Kavar Samiti, based on NH-8 at Mahipalpur in New Delhi, runs free seva through the year — bhandara and langar, clean water, and support for pilgrims and those in need — and every plate is made possible by the daan of well-wishers. If Hanuman ji's example of selfless strength has moved you, you can turn that feeling into seva this Hanuman Jayanti. You can donate online at our /donate page through Razorpay's secure checkout, or by bank transfer to our Punjab National Bank account (A/C 0149000104323988, IFSC PUNB0014900, Khan Market branch). To offer ration and supplies, to volunteer as a sewadar, or simply to ask how to reach us, message us on WhatsApp at +91 98189 08237.

May Bajrangbali fill your home with courage, health and peace this Hanuman Jayanti, and may his strength and his humility live a little more in each of us. Whether you keep the fast, read the Sunderkand, or feed a hungry soul in his name, you walk the path he loved best — the path of seva. Jai Bajrangbali · Har Har Mahadev.