The Five Kalyanakas
| Kalyanaka | Tithi | Nakshatra |
|---|---|---|
| Chyavana (conception) | Bhadrapada 8 (paksha not stated in the source) | Vishakha |
| Janma (birth) | Jyeshtha Shukla 12 | Vishakha |
| Diksha (renunciation) | Jyeshtha Shukla 13 | Vishakha |
| Kevala Jnana (omniscience) | Phalguna 6 (paksha not stated in the source) | Vishakha |
| Nirvana (liberation) | Phalguna Krishna 7 | Mula (shifts) |
Months are given in the purnimanta convention, the one Hemachandra uses. For a Krishna-paksha date the Gujarati amanta name is one month earlier; Shukla dates are the same in both.
Note the pattern: his first four kalyanakas all fall in Vishakha, and only the nirvana shifts, to Mula. This holds across the tradition, and we map it in full on the kalyanaka calendar.
The Serpent Hood
Suparshvanatha is recognised in art by a canopy of serpent hoods above him, one, five or nine of them, in every samavasarana. The tradition traces this to a dream his mother Prithvi had during pregnancy, and it is the reason his images are sometimes confused with Parshvanatha’s, who also carries a serpent canopy.
His nirvana is recorded with 500 munis, the smallest retinue among the Tirthankaras of this stretch.
Two of his kalyanaka dates carry an honest gap: the translation does not state the paksha for his conception or his omniscience. We show the tithi and leave the fortnight blank rather than infer it.
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His Birth Star, and Yours
Suparshvanatha was born under Vishakha, in Tula. If that is your janma nakshatra too, the tradition offers a devotional kinship: his kalyanaka days, his story, his image. Kinship, not destiny.
Our free kundali tool computes your janma nakshatra and tells you directly which Tirthankaras share it. The complete cross-verified table is at the birth stars of the 24 Tirthankaras.
Sources. Kalyanaka dates and nakshatras from Hemachandra's Trishashti-Shalaka-Purusha-Charitra (Johnson translation), read chapter by chapter, with the Kalpasutra cross-checked where it covers this Tirthankara. Biographical and iconographic details follow the standard references. Where the sects differ, both readings are shown; where a source does not state a value, we say so rather than infer it. Corrections are seva: tell us.