Mahalaya Amavasya
12 Sep, 2025
Friday
Mahalaya Amavasya on 12-09-2025
Tithi Begin Time:
Krishna Paksha Panchami: Sep 11 12:45 PM – Sep 12 09:58 AM
Tithi End Time:
Krishna Paksha Shasthi: Sep 12 09:58 AM – Sep 13 07:23 AM
Nakshatra, Muhurat (Start Time):
Bharani Nakshatra: Sep 11 01:58 PM – Sep 12 11:58 AM
Nakshatra, Muhurat (End Time):
Krittika Nakshatra: Sep 12 11:58 AM – Sep 13 10:11 AM
About Mahalaya Amavasya 2025
Significance of Mahalaya Amavasya
The new moon is known as Mahalaya Amavasya. There are 12 new moons in a year. One of these is Mahalaya Amavasya which falls just before Dussehra. This is a special day when offerings are made to express gratitude to the previous generations or ancestors of the people.
According to our Sanatan mythology, humans and their ancestors have existed on this planet for 20 million years. These millions of generations who lived on this planet before us have given us something or the other.
Mahalaya Amavasya is the last day of Pitru Paksha Shradh. Pitru Paksha is from Ashwin month Shukla Purnima to Krishna Paksha Amavasya. Navratri or Durga Puja festival begins just a day after this. Neither auspicious work is done in Pitru Paksha, nor any sale or purchase is made. Because this period is good for any types of auspicious works. In these 15 days, Pitru Shradh, Pitru Tarpan, Marjan, Havan are performed.
People donate in the name of ancestors. Some people perform Shradh rituals in their homes, while some people perform Shradh Tarpan etc. on the banks of pilgrimage and holy rivers like people perform Pitru Karma at places like Varanasi, Gaya, Haridwar, Ujjain, Nashik etc.
All the people of Sanatan Dharma celebrate this Amavasya and Pitru Paksha and perform charity, religious rituals, havan, tarpan etc. to get the blessings of the ancestors. This is celebrated by the Sanatani people living in entire India and outside India.
