🪷 2093 Amāvasya Calendar · 12 New Moons

The lunar darkness of every Hindu month · most-auspicious for pitr-tarpaṇa and ancestor-offerings

पितृणामर्यमा चास्मि
"Among the Pitṛs I am Aryamā." — Bhagavad-Gītā 10.29 — every Amāvasya is the moment when the pitṛ-loka receives the strongest invocation through tarpaṇa

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).

DateDayLunar MonthFestival
2093-01-27TueMāgha
2093-02-25WedPhālguna
2093-03-26ThuCaitra
2093-04-25SatVaiśākha
2093-05-25MonJyeṣṭhaVaṭa Sāvitrī Amāvasyā
2093-06-23TueĀṣāḍha
2093-07-23ThuŚrāvaṇa
2093-08-22SatBhādrapada
2093-09-20SunĀśvinaMahālaya Amāvasyā (Sarvapitṛ Amāvasyā)
2093-10-20TueKārtikaDīpāvalī (Diwali)
2093-11-18WedMārgaśīrṣa
2093-12-18FriPauṣa

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bhāgavata Purāṇa · pitr-tarpaṇa on Amāvasya — Classical authority on new-moon ancestor-offerings
  2. Garuda Purāṇa · Pretakhaṇḍa · śrāddha-vidhi — Detailed śrāddha procedures for departed souls
  3. Bhagavad-Gītā 10.29 · pitr̥nām aryamā cāsmi — Krishna IS the Pitr-deity Aryamā
Categories: Lunar Calendar · Amāvasya · New Moons · Hindu Calendar · Pitr-Tarpaṇa · Pañchāṅga Reference · 2093 CE