When is Mahalaya Amavasya 2025? Know Date and Significance

Amavasya holds a great religious significance in Hinduism and it is dedicated to ancestors. Amavasya that falls in the month of Pitru Paksha is known as Mahalaya Amavasya that has a great religious and spiritual significance.

This day is regarded as one of the most favorable days to carry out rites for the peace and salvation of ancestors. Amavasya that happens during Pitru Paksha holds special importance. Mahalaya Amavasya will be celebrated this year on September 21, 2025.

Mahalaya Amavasya 2025: Date and Time

Amavasya Tithi Begins - September 21, 2025 - 12:16 AMAmavasya Tithi Ends - September 22, 2025 - 01:23 AMKutup Muhurat - 11:50 AM to 12:38 PMRohina Muhurat - 12:38 PM to 01:27 PMAparahna Kaal - 01:27 PM to 03:53 PM

Mahalaya Amavasya 2025: Significance

For Hindus, Amavasya holds an immense religious and spiritual importance.

It is known as Mahalaya Amavasya when it falls during Pitru Paksha. It is regarded as a significant day, when people give farewell to their departed loved ones and carry out various rituals. This Amavasya is also known as Sarva Pitri Amavasya, Pitra Moksha Amavasya, and Pitru Amavasya. The nine-day Navratri season, which is devoted to worshiping Goddess Durga, begins just after Amavasya.

One of the most important Amavasya is Mahalaya Amavasya, when people undertake several puja ceremonies to ask their ancestors for blessings.

Along with dakshina, some individuals also call brahmins to conduct pind daan and pitru tarpan and provide them with food, clothing, and other offerings. If the Pitru is suffering from the Pitru Dosha, Pind daan should be done for the salvation of their soul.

Mahalaya Amavasya 2025: Puja Rituals

1. Before beginning puja rituals, get up early and take a holy bath.2. First, clean the house and offer arghya to Lord Surya.3. Prepare sattvik food and invite Brahmins at your house.4. Make that brahmin on the floor and the eldest male member of the family will perform Pitru Tarpan.5. On this auspicious day, it is considered meritorious to feed cows, dogs, ants, and crows.6. A male family member must offer food, clothing, and dakshina to the brahmins after finishing all the puja rituals.7. Family members are allowed to eat once the Brahmin bhoj is finished.