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Mauni Amavasya 2027

The new moon of the Māgha bath in 2027: its date and when the Amāvasyā begins and ends, for Delhi and 15 other cities.

Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya

Mauni Amāvasyā (popular name)

Saturday, 6 February 2027

The fast day in Delhi, in 111 days.

Amavasya beginsFri 5 Feb
19:05
Amavasya endsSat 6 Feb
21:26

The new moon inside pūrṇimānta Māgha. The texts read do not use the name; the Nirṇaya-sindhu asks for silence during the Māgha bath, which this new moon falls inside. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 324

Mauni Amavasya in every year shown

Delhi time
  • 18Jan Sunday, 18 January 2026 Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya · Sun 18 Jan, 00:04 – Mon 19 Jan, 01:21 Kept
  • 6Feb Saturday, 6 February 2027 Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya · Fri 5 Feb, 19:05 – Sat 6 Feb, 21:26 Next
  • 26Jan Wednesday, 26 January 2028 Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya · Tue 25 Jan, 18:17 – Wed 26 Jan, 20:42 Later

How Saturday, 6 February 2027 is chosen

Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Amavasya · Mauni, Śani

Amavasya from Fri 5 Feb, 19:05 to Sat 6 Feb, 21:26, Delhi time.

Fast day, Saturday, 6 February: the fast takes the later of Friday and Saturday, the day joined to the next Pratipadā, and never the day joined to Chaturdaśī. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73

Śrāddha, Saturday, 6 February: the Amāvasyā covers all of Saturday’s aparāhṇa, the last third of the daytime, and none of Friday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 81, 87

Every Amavasya of 2027

Questions

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

When is Mauni Amavasya 2027?

In Delhi, on Saturday, 6 February 2027. The Amāvasyā runs from Fri 5 Feb, 19:05 to Sat 6 Feb, 21:26.

Why is it called Mauni?

Mauni (of silence) is a popular name; the texts read do not use it. This new moon falls inside the Māgha bath, and the Nirṇaya-sindhu, quoting the Pārijāta, asks for worship in silence during that bath. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 324

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

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