Ashadha Amavasya is going to be observed on July 14, 2026. The day holds an immense religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. This day is dedicated to worship ancestors and forefathers and people offer their sincere prayers to them and perform various puja rituals to seek their blessings. The day is considered highly auspicious to perform pitru tarpan, pind daan and pitru puja.
Ashadha Amavasya July 2026: Date and Time
Amavasya Begins – July 13, 2026 – 06:49 PMAmavasya Ends – July 14, 2026 – 03:12 PM
Ashadha Amavasya July 2026: Significance
Amavasya is one of the most significant day in Sanatan Dharma. The day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. People perform various puja rituals to appease ancestors or forefathers and conduct puja for their salvation. The day is highly auspicious to appease them and seek their blessings. The day is believed to be the most powerful day to conduct spiritual practices and religious practices such as taking holy bath in Ganga river, performing hawan or yajna, conducting gayatri path for the peace of their ancestors and lighting diya beneath the peepal tree so that people can receive the blessings of the God as well as their ancestors.
Ashadha Amavasya July 2026: Rituals
Surya Arghya
This is very important for everyone to offer water to lord Surya as the Amavasya day holds an immense religious significance so one must perform this ritual after waking up in the morning.
Feed Brahmin
This is another powerful ritual which people usually perform tpo appease their ancestors and for that they invite a Brahmin priest at home to perform pitru tarpan and after completing the ritual feed that brahmin, offer him clothes and dakshina.
Pind Daan
The day is powerful to perform pind daan because Amavasya is usually dedicated to ancestors only.
Worship peepal tree
This is one of the most important and powerful ritual you can perform on this auspicious day to appease ancestors and Shani dev also. For that, you can light a mustard oil diya beneath the peepal tree and offer black urad, black sesame seeds and jaggery under that tied in a black cloth.
Feed Crows/cows/ants
People should definitely feed anst, crows and cows on this particular day as cow represents the prosperity and it is believed that 33 types of deities reside inside the cow so one must feed them, crows represent ancestors so one must feed them too and ants remove shani related issues so you must feed them also.