Vrat calendar · Amavasya · March 2028
अमावस्या मार्च 2028Amavasya March 2028
26 March 2028 · Sunday
1 Amavasya date in March 2028. Delhi, IST; other cities can differ by a day.
Chaitra Amavasya · चैत्र अमावस्या
26 March 2028 Sunday · रविवार
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Chaitra Krishna
Amavasya begins
अमावस्या प्रारंभ
25 Mar, 7:57 am
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
26 Mar, 10:01 am
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
26 Mar, 10:01 am
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.