Amavasya in December 2027
The Amāvasyā of December 2027: when the tithi begins and ends, the fast day and the śrāddha day, for your city’s sunrise.
Amavasya in Delhi
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Mumbai
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Kolkata
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Chennai
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Bengaluru
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Hyderabad
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Ahmedabad
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Pune
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Jaipur
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Lucknow
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in London
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in New York City
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Toronto
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Sydney
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · BhaumaTuesday, 28 December
- ŚrāddhaMonday, 27 December
Amavasya in Dubai
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Amavasya in Singapore
- Fast day · Margashirsha / Pausha · SomavatīMonday, 27 December
- ŚrāddhaThe same day
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Delhi time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Mumbai time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Kolkata time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Chennai time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Bengaluru time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Hyderabad time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Ahmedabad time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Pune time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Jaipur time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 00:23 to Tue 28 Dec, 01:42, Lucknow time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Sun 26 Dec, 18:53 to Mon 27 Dec, 20:12, London time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Sun 26 Dec, 13:53 to Mon 27 Dec, 15:12, New York City time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā touches the aparāhṇa of Sunday (87%) and Monday (56%), so the kutapa, the 8th of the day’s 15 muhūrtas, decides (Mādhava): it covers all of Monday’s kutapa and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Sun 26 Dec, 13:53 to Mon 27 Dec, 15:12, Toronto time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā touches the aparāhṇa of Sunday (97%) and Monday (48%), so the kutapa, the 8th of the day’s 15 muhūrtas, decides (Mādhava): it covers all of Monday’s kutapa and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 87
Tuesday, 28 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · BhaumaAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 05:53 to Tue 28 Dec, 07:12, Sydney time.
Fast day, Tuesday, 28 December: the fast takes the later of Monday and Tuesday, the day joined to the next Pratipadā, and never the day joined to Chaturdaśī. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73
Śrāddha, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Sun 26 Dec, 22:53 to Tue 28 Dec, 00:12, Dubai time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Monday, 27 December
Margashirsha (amanta) / Pausha (purnimanta), Amavasya · SomavatīAmavasya from Mon 27 Dec, 02:53 to Tue 28 Dec, 04:12, Singapore time.
Fast day, Monday, 27 December: 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, Monday, 27 December: the Amāvasyā covers all of Monday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Sunday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87
Questions
Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.
When is Amavasya in December 2027?
In Delhi: the fast on Monday, 27 December, with the śrāddha the same day.
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
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