🪷 2040 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2040-01-14 | Sat | Pauṣa | — |
| 2040-02-12 | Sun | Māgha | — |
| 2040-03-12 | Mon | Phālguna | — |
| 2040-04-11 | Wed | Caitra | — |
| 2040-05-10 | Thu | Vaiśākha | — |
| 2040-06-09 | Sat | Jyeṣṭha | Vaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā |
| 2040-07-09 | Mon | Āṣāḍha | — |
| 2040-08-07 | Tue | Śrāvaṇa | — |
| 2040-09-06 | Thu | Bhādrapada | — |
| 2040-10-06 | Sat | Āśvina | Mahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā) |
| 2040-11-04 | Sun | Kārtika | Dīpāvalī (Diwali) |
| 2040-12-04 | Tue | Mārgaśīrṣa | — |
Sources and Related Calendars
Continue from the complete 2040 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
- 2040 Pūrṇimā calendar · The 12-13 full-moon dates of this year
- 2040 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