Vrat calendar · Amavasya · May 2027
अमावस्या मई 2027Amavasya May 2027
6 May 2027 · Thursday
1 Amavasya date in May 2027. Delhi, IST; other cities can differ by a day.
Vaishakha Amavasya · वैशाख अमावस्या
6 May 2027 Thursday · गुरुवार
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Vaishakha Krishna
Amavasya begins
अमावस्या प्रारंभ
5 May, 6:17 pm
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
6 May, 4:28 pm
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
6 May, 4:28 pm
What to do · व्रत विधि
- Bath early and offer water and black sesame (til) to the ancestors (tarpan).
- Feed cows, crows, dogs and the needy; light a lamp under a peepal tree in the evening.
- On Somvati Amavasya, married women circle the peepal tree 108 times; on Shani Amavasya, offer mustard oil to Shani dev.
Rule used: Listed on the day Amavasya prevails at sunrise (udaya tithi), used for snan, daan and tarpan. Shraddha rituals look at the afternoon (aparahna), which can move them a day earlier.