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Amavasya 2026

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Amavasya
Amavasya is the moonless night that Hindu tradition reserves for the dead. Of the 96 occasions scripture lists for Shraddha, twelve are these monthly new moons — believed to be when the pitrus (ancestors) draw closest to the living and accept offerings of water and sesame.
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Panchanga For 12th Aug 2026
Upcoming Dates For Amavasya
12th Aug 2026
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10th Sept 2026
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11th Sept 2026
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10th Oct 2026
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8th Nov 2026
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About
The name itself says it: a-ma-asya, 'moon not there'. With no lunar light, the night belongs to the pitrus. The Garuda Purana goes so far as to say that anyone who has forgotten an ancestor's exact death-tithi can perform a single Shraddha on Ashwin Krishna Amavasya — known as Sarva Pitru or Mahalaya Amavasya — and discharge the debt for all forebears, known and unknown. Two weekday coincidences raise the stakes further: a Monday Amavasya becomes Somvati Amavasya, a Saturday one Shani Amavasya, both sought out for ritual baths and Shani propitiation. The same tithi carries Kalasarpa Dosha puja and, in Kartik, lights up as Diwali. Regional touches vary — Mumbai's Dhora and Kathkari communities worship an unpeeled coconut as the ancestor; Karnataka's farmers keep Mattu Amavasya for their cattle.
PRARTHANA FOR AMAVASYA
Pitru Devata Mantra
1. Pitru Devata Mantra
Mahakali Mahakaleshwara Mantra
2. Mahakali Mahakaleshwara Mantra
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