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Amavasya 2026

Every Amāvasyā of 2026: when the tithi begins and ends, the fast day, and the day for the śrāddha.

12 Amavasyas in Delhi

The next is on Monday, 9 November. For four of them the śrāddha falls on a different day from the fast.

Every Amavasya of 2026 in Delhi

Delhi time. Each carries both month names.
MonthAmavasyaFast dayŚrāddha
January Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya 18 Jan, 00:04 – 19 Jan, 01:21 Mauni Sun 18 Jan Sun 18 Jan
February Magha (amanta) / Phalguna (purnimanta), Amavasya 16 Feb, 17:34 – 17 Feb, 17:31 Surya Grahan on this Amavasya, not seen here Māgha · Bhauma Tue 17 Feb Tue 17 Feb
March Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Amavasya 18 Mar, 08:25 – 19 Mar, 06:53 Thu 19 Mar Wed 18 Mar the day before
April Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Amavasya 16 Apr, 20:11 – 17 Apr, 17:21 Fri 17 Apr Fri 17 Apr
May Vaishakha (amanta) / Jyeshtha (purnimanta), Amavasya 16 May, 05:11 – 17 May, 01:31 Śani Sat 16 May Sat 16 May
June Adhika Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Amavasya 14 Jun, 12:20 – 15 Jun, 08:24 Somavatī Mon 15 Jun Sun 14 Jun the day before
July Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Amavasya 13 Jul, 18:50 – 14 Jul, 15:13 Bhauma Tue 14 Jul Tue 14 Jul
August Ashadha (amanta) / Shravana (purnimanta), Amavasya 12 Aug, 01:53 – 23:06 Surya Grahan on this Amavasya, not seen here Wed 12 Aug Wed 12 Aug
September Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Amavasya 10 Sep, 10:33 – 11 Sep, 08:57 Fri 11 Sep Thu 10 Sep the day before
October Bhadrapada (amanta) / Ashwin (purnimanta), Amavasya 9 Oct, 21:36 – 10 Oct, 21:20 Mahālaya · Śani Sat 10 Oct Sat 10 Oct
November Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Amavasya 8 Nov, 11:28 – 9 Nov, 12:32 Somavatī Mon 9 Nov Sun 8 Nov the day before
December Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Amavasya 8 Dec, 04:13 – 9 Dec, 06:21 Bhauma Tue 8 Dec Tue 8 Dec

When the fast and the shraddha fall apart

The fast takes the later day, joined to the next Pratipadā. The śrāddha takes the day whose afternoon the Amāvasyā touches, so when it covers the first afternoon and ends before the second, the śrāddha falls a day earlier. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 73, 81⁠–⁠87

Monday, 9 November

Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Amavasya · Somavatī

Amavasya from Sun 8 Nov, 11:28 to Mon 9 Nov, 12:32, Delhi time.

Fast day, Monday, 9 November: the fast takes the later of Sunday and Monday, the day joined to the next Pratipadā, and never the day joined to Chaturdaśī. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73

Śrāddha, Sunday, 8 November: the Amāvasyā covers all of Sunday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Monday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87

Amavasya in 2026, month by month

January 18 Mauni February 17 Māgha, Bhauma March 19 April 17 May 16 Śani June 15 Somavatī July 14 Bhauma August 12 September 11 October 10 Mahālaya, Śani November 9 Somavatī December 8 Bhauma

Questions

Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.

When are the Amavasyas in 2026?

In Delhi, 12 Amavasyas fall in 2026, one in each month. Four times the śrāddha falls on a different day from the fast: 18 March, 14 June, 10 September, 8 November. The table lists every date.

What is Amavasya?

The new moon: the thirtieth tithi, which ends the dark half (Krishna) of the lunar month. A tithi is the time the Moon takes to gain 12° on the Sun. In the amānta reckoning the Amāvasyā is the last day of the month. Surya Siddhanta 2.64, 2.66

Which day is the Amavasya fast?

The fast is kept on the later of the two days, the one joined to the next Pratipadā, and never on the day joined to Chaturdaśī. The Sāvitrī vrata is the exception and keeps the earlier day. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73

When is the Amavasya shraddha?

On the day whose aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, the Amāvasyā touches. When it touches both afternoons, the day whose kutapa, the 8th of the day’s 15 muhūrtas, it covers. Hemādri makes the kutapa the first test for households without sacred fires, and Hārīta’s rule by Vedic branch decides equal coverage. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81⁠–⁠87

What are Somvati and Bhauma Amavasya?

An Amāvasyā on a Monday (Somavatī) “gives fruit like the equinox”, and on a Tuesday (Bhauma) bathing in the Gaṅgā gives the fruit of a thousand cows. The weekday here is that of the fast day. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73 (Śātātapa, Vyāsa)

Why is the date different in my city?

Each date is worked out for the city’s own sunrise and afternoon. The Amāvasyā begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but which sunrise and afternoon it reaches depends on the city, so cities far apart can keep different days.

How the days are found

Read the methodology
Fast day
The fast is on the later day, joined to the next Pratipadā, and never on the day joined to Chaturdaśī. The Sāvitrī vrata keeps the earlier day.
Śrāddha
The day whose aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, the Amāvasyā touches. When it touches both afternoons, or neither, the kutapa decides: the 8th of the day’s 15 muhūrtas.
Sunrise and sunset
At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.
Sources
Nirṇaya-sindhu, 1898, pp. 73, 81⁠–⁠87, 215, 324, 341, with Hemādri’s and Hārīta’s variants for the śrāddha.

Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method