Vrat calendar · Amavasya · April 2028
अमावस्या अप्रैल 2028Amavasya April 2028
24 April 2028 · Monday
1 Amavasya date in April 2028. Delhi, IST; other cities can differ by a day.
Somvati Vaishakha Amavasya · सोमवती वैशाख अमावस्या
24 April 2028 Monday · सोमवार
Somvati: peepal puja and snan-daan.
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Vaishakha Krishna
Amavasya begins
अमावस्या प्रारंभ
24 Apr, 12:21 am
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
25 Apr, 1:17 am
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
25 Apr, 1:17 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.