🪷 2018 Amāvasya Calendar · 12 New Moons
The lunar darkness of every Hindu month · most-auspicious for pitr-tarpaṇa and ancestor-offerings
Amāvasya (new moon) is the 30th tithi · Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Amāvasyā · the moment of minimum lunar light. Traditionally observed with: pitr-tarpaṇa (ancestor offerings) · darśa-śrāddha · upavāsa-vrata · maunavrata (silence) · evening bhajana. Major Amāvasyās: Mahālaya Amāvasya (peak pitr-pakṣa) · Sarvapitri Amāvasya · Dīpāvalī Amāvasya (Lakṣmī-pūjā) · Somavatī Amāvasya (when on Monday).
| Date | Day | Lunar Month | Festival |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-16 | Tue | Māgha | — |
| 2018-02-15 | Thu | Phālguna | — |
| 2018-03-17 | Sat | Caitra | — |
| 2018-04-16 | Mon | Vaiśākha | — |
| 2018-05-15 | Tue | Jyeṣṭha | Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā |
| 2018-06-13 | Wed | Jyeṣṭha | — |
| 2018-07-13 | Fri | Āṣāḍha | — |
| 2018-08-11 | Sat | Śrāvaṇa | — |
| 2018-09-09 | Sun | Bhādrapada | — |
| 2018-10-08 | Mon | Āśvina | Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā) |
| 2018-11-07 | Wed | Kārtika | Dīpāvalī (Diwali) |
| 2018-12-07 | Fri | Mārgaśīrṣa | — |
Sources and Related Calendars
Continue from the complete 2018 Amāvasya calendar reading to the parent year, months, individual days, sibling calendars, cited Jyotiṣa and Bhagavad-Gītā teachings, reader-local tools, Bindu, and philosophy. No single city is the universal center.
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📚 See Also
- 2018 Pūrṇimā calendar · The 12-13 full-moon dates of this year
- 2018 Full Hindu Calendar · All festivals + tithis + saṅkrāntis
- Candra · Moon graha reference · The graha whose darkness defines amāvasya
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See what tithi you were born under
📖 References
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa · pitr-tarpaṇa on Amāvasya — Classical authority on new-moon ancestor-offerings
- Garuda Purāṇa · Pretakhaṇḍa · śrāddha-vidhi — Detailed śrāddha procedures for departed souls
- Bhagavad-Gītā 10.29 · pitr̥nām aryamā cāsmi — Krishna IS the Pitr-deity Aryamā