Samvatsari
- It is a festival celebrated by the Jain community, especially the Shwetambara sect.
- It is the last day of an eight-day observance of prayers called Paryushana Parva or Paryushana.
- It falls on Shukla Panchami each year in the Jain calendar month of Bhadrapada (somewhere between the middle of August and September in the Gregorian calendar).
- Samvatsari is also known as the Day of Forgiveness.