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Amavasai · New moon

Amavasya dates 2026

Amavasya (Amavasai in Tamil, Karutha Vavu in Malayalam) is the new-moon tithi, the last of the dark half, when the Moon is within 12° behind the Sun. It is the traditional day for tarpanam to the ancestors.

Purnima datesEkadashi datesToday’s panchang

Amavasya 2026

AmavasyaTithi beginsTithi ends
Pausha AmavasyaMauni Amavasya · Magha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSun, 18 Jan 2026 · 12:04 AMMon, 19 Jan 2026 · 1:21 AM
Magha AmavasyaPhalguna Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarMon, 16 Feb 2026 · 5:34 PMTue, 17 Feb 2026 · 5:31 PM
Phalguna AmavasyaChaitra Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarWed, 18 Mar 2026 · 8:25 AMThu, 19 Mar 2026 · 6:53 AM
Chaitra AmavasyaVaishakha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarThu, 16 Apr 2026 · 8:11 PMFri, 17 Apr 2026 · 5:21 PM
Vaishakha AmavasyaJyeshtha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSat, 16 May 2026 · 5:11 AMSun, 17 May 2026 · 1:31 AM
Adhika Jyeshtha AmavasyaSun, 14 Jun 2026 · 12:20 PMMon, 15 Jun 2026 · 8:24 AM
Jyeshtha AmavasyaAshadha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarMon, 13 Jul 2026 · 6:49 PMTue, 14 Jul 2026 · 3:13 PM
Ashadha AmavasyaShravana Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarWed, 12 Aug 2026 · 1:53 AMWed, 12 Aug 2026 · 11:06 PM
Shravana AmavasyaBhadrapada Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarThu, 10 Sep 2026 · 10:33 AMFri, 11 Sep 2026 · 8:56 AM
Bhadrapada AmavasyaMahalaya Amavasya · Ashwin Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarFri, 9 Oct 2026 · 9:36 PMSat, 10 Oct 2026 · 9:20 PM
Ashwin AmavasyaDiwali (Lakshmi Puja) · Kartika Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSun, 8 Nov 2026 · 11:28 AMMon, 9 Nov 2026 · 12:32 PM
Kartika AmavasyaMargashirsha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarTue, 8 Dec 2026 · 4:13 AMWed, 9 Dec 2026 · 6:21 AM

Amavasya 2027

AmavasyaTithi beginsTithi ends
Margashirsha AmavasyaPausha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarWed, 6 Jan 2027 · 11:14 PMFri, 8 Jan 2027 · 1:54 AM
Pausha AmavasyaMauni Amavasya · Magha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarFri, 5 Feb 2027 · 7:05 PMSat, 6 Feb 2027 · 9:26 PM
Magha AmavasyaPhalguna Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSun, 7 Mar 2027 · 1:46 PMMon, 8 Mar 2027 · 2:59 PM
Phalguna AmavasyaChaitra Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarTue, 6 Apr 2027 · 5:40 AMWed, 7 Apr 2027 · 5:21 AM
Chaitra AmavasyaVaishakha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarWed, 5 May 2027 · 6:17 PMThu, 6 May 2027 · 4:28 PM
Vaishakha AmavasyaJyeshtha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarFri, 4 Jun 2027 · 4:05 AMSat, 5 Jun 2027 · 1:10 AM
Jyeshtha AmavasyaAshadha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSat, 3 Jul 2027 · 12:06 PMSun, 4 Jul 2027 · 8:32 AM
Ashadha AmavasyaShravana Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSun, 1 Aug 2027 · 7:20 PMMon, 2 Aug 2027 · 3:35 PM
Shravana AmavasyaBhadrapada Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarTue, 31 Aug 2027 · 2:41 AMTue, 31 Aug 2027 · 11:11 PM
Bhadrapada AmavasyaMahalaya Amavasya · Ashwin Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarWed, 29 Sep 2027 · 10:55 AMThu, 30 Sep 2027 · 8:06 AM
Ashwin AmavasyaDiwali (Lakshmi Puja) · Kartika Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarThu, 28 Oct 2027 · 8:48 PMFri, 29 Oct 2027 · 7:06 PM
Kartika AmavasyaMargashirsha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarSat, 27 Nov 2027 · 9:07 AMSun, 28 Nov 2027 · 8:54 AM
Margashirsha AmavasyaPausha Amavasya in the purnimanta calendarMon, 27 Dec 2027 · 12:23 AMTue, 28 Dec 2027 · 1:42 AM

Which day is it observed?

A tithi rarely matches a calendar day: it can begin at any hour and lasts about 19 to 26 hours. Most traditions observe it on the day it prevails at sunrise. Times above are in India Standard Time; for your own town’s sunrise and the tithi at sunrise, see today’s panchang.

Month names follow the amanta calendar (new moon to new moon) used in South and West India. In the North Indian purnimanta calendar the dark half belongs to the following month, so the same day can carry the next month’s name.

Updated 2026-10-06.