🪷 2020 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-24 | Fri | Māgha | — |
| 2020-02-23 | Sun | Phālguna | — |
| 2020-03-24 | Tue | Caitra | — |
| 2020-04-22 | Wed | Vaiśākha | — |
| 2020-05-22 | Fri | Jyeṣṭha | Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā |
| 2020-06-21 | Sun | Āṣāḍha | — |
| 2020-07-20 | Mon | Śrāvaṇa | — |
| 2020-08-19 | Wed | Bhādrapada | — |
| 2020-09-17 | Thu | Āśvina | Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā) |
| 2020-10-16 | Fri | Āśvina | — |
| 2020-11-15 | Sun | Kārtika | Dīpāvalī (Diwali) |
| 2020-12-14 | Mon | Mārgaśīrṣa | — |
📚 See Also
- 2020 Pūrṇimā calendar · The 12-13 full-moon dates of this year
- 2020 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