Amavasya 2026
next: Somvati Amavasya, Monday, 9 November
Amavasya is the new Moon, the last tithi of Krishna paksha.
- Amavasya begins
- 8 Nov, 11:28 AM
- Amavasya ends
- 9 Nov, 12:32 PM
- Amavasya begins
- 8 Dec, 4:13 AM
- Amavasya ends
- 9 Dec, 6:21 AM
For New Delhi, in IST. A tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere; the day a vrat falls on, and its hours, are New Delhi’s and can differ by a day abroad.
Amavasya dates
to January 2028, with the tithi’s times
What Amavasya is
It is the day for the ancestors: tarpan, shraddh and daan. It is not chosen for new beginnings. An Amavasya on a Monday is Somvati Amavasya, on a Saturday Shani Amavasya, and some carry their own names: Mauni Amavasya in Magha, Hariyali Amavasya in Sawan, Sarva Pitru Amavasya at the end of Pitru Paksha, and Diwali in Kartik.
How the date is decided
The date is the day Amavasya holds at sunrise, the month’s Amavasya in every panchang, and the day for the morning bath and daan; when it holds no sunrise, the day it begins. Sarva Pitru Amavasya is a shraddh and is kept by the Amavasya of the afternoon (aparahna), which can be the day before. Diwali’s Lakshmi Puja is done at the Amavasya of the evening, so it can fall a day before the Amavasya listed here.
Vrat vidhi
- Bathe early, in a river if you can or with Ganga jal in the water.
- Offer tarpan to the ancestors: water with black til and kusha, facing south.
- Give daan of food, clothes or black til, and feed a cow, crows, a dog and ants, as tradition has it.
- In the evening, offer water at a peepal tree and light a lamp there; on Shani Amavasya, a lamp of mustard oil.
What to eat
- A simple sattvik meal, or a fast until the tarpan is done
What to avoid
- Meat, eggs, alcohol and tobacco
- Starting new work, a purchase or a journey, by tradition
Common questions
5 questionsWhen is the next Amavasya?
Somvati Amavasya, on Monday, 9 November 2026, in New Delhi. The Amavasya runs from 8 Nov, 11:28 AM to 9 Nov, 12:32 PM.
When is Amavasya in November 2026?
In New Delhi, Somvati Amavasya on Monday, 9 November.
When is Amavasya in December 2026?
In New Delhi, Margashirsha Amavasya on Tuesday, 8 December.
Is Amavasya inauspicious?
It is not a day of bad luck. It is the ancestors’ day, kept for tarpan, daan and quiet puja, and so tradition does not choose it for new beginnings such as a wedding, a griha pravesh or a new venture.
What is Somvati Amavasya?
An Amavasya that falls on a Monday. Married women worship the peepal tree and walk around it, and a bath in a river is held especially meritorious. A Saturday Amavasya is Shani Amavasya, kept with a mustard oil lamp and daan for Shani.
A vrat is the same day for everybody. Your chart is not.
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