• ●11th Ayurveda Day: main celebration 23 September 2026 at Nagpur, Maharashtra; theme 'Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow'; nodal ministry is the Ministry of Ayush.
• ●The date is now fixed: a March 2025 gazette notification moved Ayurveda Day to 23 September every year, chosen for the autumn equinox and its symbolism of balance.
• ●Before 2025 the day floated with Dhanvantari Jayanti (Dhanteras), whose Gregorian date shifts yearly; the observance began in 2016. The 10th edition in 2025 was held in Goa on the theme 'Ayurveda for People and Planet'.
• ●Dhanvantari: an avatar of Vishnu and physician of the gods, who emerged at the Samudra Manthan holding the amrita kalasha; Ayurveda's presiding deity and the namesake of the National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards.
• ●National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM): statutory regulator of education and practice in the Indian systems of medicine under the NCISM Act, 2020, in force from 11 June 2021; it replaced the Central Council of Indian Medicine and repealed the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970.
• ●All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi: apex autonomous Ayurveda institute under the Ministry of Ayush, inaugurated on 17 October 2017, with a 200-bed tertiary care hospital and a satellite centre in Goa.
• ●Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS): apex autonomous research body for Ayurveda and Sowa-Rigpa under the Ministry of Ayush, headquartered in New Delhi, tracing to 1969 and taking its present name after the 1978 reorganisation; it runs a network of about 30 institutes.
• ●Ayushman Arogya Mandir: the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres, renamed in November 2023 with the tagline 'Arogyam Paramam Dhanam'; they deliver Ayush-based wellness services at the primary care level.
• ●Also on the curtain-raiser platform: National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), Delhi, both Ayush ministry institutions.

Until the date was fixed by gazette notification in 2025, Ayurveda Day in India was observed on which occasion?