Amavasya 2026: All Dates and Tithi Times

Amavasya is the new-moon tithi, the thirtieth and last lunar day of the waning fortnight, and 2026 has 12 of them. The table lists each Amavasya of 2026 in date order with its weekday, its lunar month and the moment the Amavasya tithi begins and ends in Indian Standard Time for New Delhi. Most dates open that day's full panchang.

All Amavasya dates of 2026

Times in Indian Standard Time for New Delhi. Most dates open that day's panchang; a named festival opens its own page.

Amavasya in 2026

The first Amavasya of 2026 falls on Sunday 18 January 2026 and the last on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

An Amavasya that falls on a Monday is called Somvati Amavasya; in 2026 that happens on 15 June and 9 November.

On a Saturday it is called Shani Amavasya, and 2026 has 2: 16 May and 10 October.

One of them, Adhika Jyeshtha Amavasya (15 June), belongs to the year's adhik (extra) lunar month.

Kartika Amavasya, the new moon of Diwali, is listed on 9 November 2026, the day it holds at sunrise; Lakshmi Puja is done in the evening when Amavasya is running, which can be the evening before.

What Amavasya is

At Amavasya the Moon stands in the same direction as the Sun and is invisible from Earth. In tithi terms it covers the final twelve degrees of the Moon's lap around the Sun's position, from 348 to 360, the thirtieth part of the lunar month, ending at the exact new moon. Like every tithi it can begin and end at any hour, which is why the table gives both moments rather than a single date.

The day is traditionally kept for the ancestors. Tarpan and pinda offerings, charity, a bath in a river and lamps for the departed are the common observances, and many households avoid starting new ventures on it. Some new moons carry their own names: Mauni Amavasya in Magha, observed in silence, Sarva Pitru Amavasya at the close of the fortnight of the ancestors, and Kartika Amavasya, the night of Diwali.

Which day is listed

A calendar has to choose one civil day for a lunar day that rarely lines up with midnight. The dates here are the day at whose sunrise Amavasya is running in New Delhi, and when the tithi begins after one sunrise and ends before the next it is given to the day it begins. Rites have their own windows: offerings to the ancestors look to the afternoon, and Diwali's puja to the evening twilight, so a festival can fall on the evening before the date in this table.

Two rows can therefore look a day apart between calendars without either being wrong; the start and end times in the table show exactly which part of each day the new moon covers.

Purnimanta and amanta month names

In North India the lunar month is counted from full moon to full moon, the purnimanta reckoning, so an Amavasya sits in the middle of its month and takes that month's name. South and West Indian amanta calendars end each month at the new moon, so the same night closes their month instead. The same new moon therefore carries names a month apart in the two systems: Diwali's new moon is Kartika Amavasya in the north and Ashwina Amavasya in an amanta calendar. The month column here uses the purnimanta names.

Afternoon rites and the moonless night

Offerings for the ancestors on Amavasya are traditionally made around midday and in the afternoon, the aparahna, so families who keep them look at whether Amavasya is running in that part of the day rather than at dawn. The start and end columns make that easy to check: an Amavasya that begins in the morning covers that day's afternoon, while one that begins during the afternoon touches the afternoons of two days, and local custom decides between them. Night-time observances, from Diwali's lamps to the vigil some keep for Kali, look instead to the hours after sunset. All times are Indian Standard Time for New Delhi; a dash means the time could not be confirmed to the minute, and the date link opens that day's panchang.

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Dates follow the sunrise rule for New Delhi; tithi times are calculated with the Lahiri ayanamsa and checked against two published panchangs. For reference.