Vrat calendar · Amavasya · August 2028
अमावस्या अगस्त 2028Amavasya August 2028
20 August 2028 · Sunday
1 Amavasya date in August 2028. Delhi, IST; other cities can differ by a day.
Bhadrapada Amavasya · भाद्रपद अमावस्या
20 August 2028 Sunday · रविवार
Also known as Kushotpatini (Pithori) Amavasya · पिठोरी अमावस्या.
Lunar month
मास (पूर्णिमांत)
Bhadrapada Krishna
Amavasya begins
अमावस्या प्रारंभ
19 Aug, 7:47 pm
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
20 Aug, 4:13 pm
Amavasya ends
अमावस्या समाप्त
20 Aug, 4:13 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.