Samvatsari
saṃvatsari sanskrit संवत्सरी lit annual day fig forgiveness day last day paryushana according śvetāmbara sect jainism fall shukla choth year jain calendar month bhadrapada somewhere middle august september gregorian calendar day jains forgive seek forgiveness mistake committed knowingly unknowingly living being yearly elaborate penitential retreat called samvatsari pratikramana performed day pratikramana jains seek forgiveness creature world including friend relative uttering phrase — micchami dukkadam variant like khamau sa uttam kshama khamat khamna samvatsari derived sanskrit language samvatsara refers year vedic literature rigveda ancient text thus samvatsari literally refers day come annually matter ritual personally greet friend relative micchami dukkadam private quarrel dispute may carried beyond saṃvatsarī message telephone call made outstation friend relative asking forgiveness holiest day jain calendar many jains observe complete fast day samvatsari kshamavani typically associated śvetāmbara sect digambara respectively major difference two day observed forgiveness day rather two usually used interchangeably however major difference two despite samvatsari kshamavani falling last day paryushan fact two different day paryushan festival two sect commences different date varying duration result samvatsari observed shukla chaturthi bhadrapada month śvetāmbaras digambaras celebrate first day ashvin krishna month lunarbased jain calendar paryushan kshamavani forgiveness jainism kshamavani