Pithori Amavasya 2025: When is Bhadrapada Amavasya? Know Date and Significance

For Hindus, Amavasya holds a great significance. During this time period, there will be no moon in the sky. On this day, people engage in spiritual and religious activities. Pithori Amavasya is also known as Bhadrapada Amavasya.

This day is also known as Avani Amavasya in Tamil Nadu. In the Marwari community, this day is celebrated as Bhado Amavasya or Bhadi Amavasya. This year, Bhadrapada Amavasya is going to be observed on August 22, 2025.

Pithori Amavasya 2025: Date and Time

Amavasya Tithi Begins - August 22, 2025 - 11:55 AMAmavasya Tithi Ends - August 23, 2025 - 11:35 AMPithori Vrat Pradosh Muhurat - August 22, 2025 - 06:53 PM to 09:06 PM

Pithori Amavasya 2025: Significance

According to the Hindu scriptures, Amavasya is devoted to worshiping ancestors or forefathers.

On this auspicious day, people call brahmins or priests to their homes, offer them food, clothing, and dakshina, and perform pitra pooja and Pitra Tarpan as prayers to their ancestors. A lot of pilgrims take a holy bath in the sacred Ganga River and visit sacred spiritual places. On the day of Amavasya, they distribute food among poor and needy people. On this day, feeding cows, dogs, crows, and ants is regarded as meritorious.

Many people get engage in various spiritual and religious activities.Pithori Amavasya is another name for Bhadrapada Amavasya. In Rajasthan, a massive fair is held in the Jhunjhunu district on this day in the remembrance of Rani Sati. Given that she sacrificed her life on her husband's funeral pyre and that'w the reason she is portrayed and worshipped as a goddess. Women visit one of the most well-known temples devoted to the Rani Sati, located in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, to offer prayers to her.

Bhadrapada Amavasya is the most auspicious day when a large number of devotees visit the Rani Sati Dadi shrine to offer prayers. It is believed that people, who suffer from Kaal Sarpa Dosha are also advised to perform Kaal Sarpa Dosha puja on this very day in order to eliminate the dosha. Kaal Sarpa dosha comes from the sins committed in the past birth.

Pithori Amavasya 2025: Rituals

1. Wake up early in the morning and take a holy bath before starting puja rituals.2. The majority of people travel to sacred locations to take a sacred bath in the Ganga River.3. People must pray for health and offer water to Lord Surya.4. On this day, people do pitra tarpan and pitra puja for the ancestors' tranquility.5. Charity and donations are must and considered rewarding.6. People must offer food, clothes and dakshina to the Brahmins.