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When is the next Amavasya?

अमावस्या · the new moon — the 15th tithi of Krishna paksha · computed for New Delhi with the Swiss Ephemeris

Next Amavasya

9 November 2026

Monday · Kartik Amavasya

28 days from today. The tithi runs 8 Nov, 11:28 AM to 9 Nov, 12:32 PM.

MondayKrishna Paksha

Kartik Amavasyaकार्तिक अमावस्या

9 November 2026

Also observed as Diwali / Lakshmi Puja

Tithi begins
8 Nov, 11:28 AM
Tithi ends
9 Nov, 12:32 PM
Tithi length
25.1 hours
Lunar month
Kartik Krishna
Sunrise
6:40 AM
Sunset
5:30 PM
Aparahna — tarpan window
1:10 PM – 3:20 PM
Day length
10 hours 50 minutes

Tarpan and shraddha for the ancestors are performed in Aparahna, the fourth fifth of the daylight hours — 1:10 PM to 3:20 PM on this date, derived from its own sunrise of 6:40 AM and sunset of 5:30 PM rather than a fixed clock time. The tithi ends at 9 Nov, 12:32 PM, which is the instant the Moon and Sun share a longitude.

Diwali / Lakshmi Puja is on a different date

The vrat day above is the one this tithi governs at sunrise. Diwali / Lakshmi Puja follows the dusk rule instead — it is performed when the tithi prevails at pradosh, which this month is 8 November 2026. The two are a day apart and both are correct; they simply answer different questions.

Why this date is computed and not looked up

A tithi is not a day

Across the twelve months around this one, Amavasya ran as short as 20.1 hours on 15 June 2026 and as long as 26.7 hours on 7 January 2027. That is a spread of 6.6 hours, and it is why the date has to be solved from the Moon's position rather than counted off a calendar.

13 in the surrounding year

Amavasya falls once a month, which comes to 13 occurrences in the twelve months around this one. The count is not fixed: a lunar year is about eleven days shorter than a solar one, so an adhika month is inserted every few years and that year carries one extra.

Every Amavasya from here

The next 13, with the tithi boundaries each one turns on.

DateDayNameTithi beginsTithi ends
9 November 2026MondayKartik Amavasya8 Nov, 11:28 AM9 Nov, 12:32 PM
8 December 2026TuesdayMargashirsha Amavasya8 Dec, 4:13 AM9 Dec, 6:22 AM
7 January 2027ThursdayPaush Amavasya6 Jan, 11:15 PM8 Jan, 1:54 AM
6 February 2027SaturdayMagha Amavasya5 Feb, 7:06 PM6 Feb, 9:26 PM
8 March 2027MondayPhalguna Amavasya7 Mar, 1:47 PM8 Mar, 2:59 PM
6 April 2027TuesdayChaitra Amavasya6 Apr, 5:41 AM7 Apr, 5:21 AM
6 May 2027ThursdayVaishakha Amavasya5 May, 6:17 PM6 May, 4:29 PM
4 June 2027FridayJyeshtha Amavasya4 Jun, 4:06 AM5 Jun, 1:10 AM
4 July 2027SundayAshadha Amavasya3 Jul, 12:06 PM4 Jul, 8:32 AM
2 August 2027MondayShravana Amavasya1 Aug, 7:21 PM2 Aug, 3:35 PM
31 August 2027TuesdayBhadrapada Amavasya31 Aug, 2:42 AM31 Aug, 11:11 PM
30 September 2027ThursdayAshwin Amavasya29 Sep, 10:56 AM30 Sep, 8:06 AM
29 October 2027FridayKartik Amavasya28 Oct, 8:49 PM29 Oct, 7:07 PM

2026 has 12 Amavasya dates in all, one of them inside an adhika month.

Amavasya month by month

october 2026november 2026december 2026january 2027february 2027march 2027april 2027may 2027june 2027july 2027august 2027september 2027october 2027november 2027

The rest of the vrat calendar, next 60 days

Every other fasting date computed for the same window, so you are not checking five calendars.

DateDayVratName
22 October 2026ThursdayEkadashiPapankusha Ekadashi
23 October 2026FridayPradosh VratShukra Pradosh Vrat
26 October 2026MondayPurnimaAshwin Purnima · Sharad Purnima
29 October 2026ThursdaySankashti ChaturthiVakratunda Sankashti Chaturthi
5 November 2026ThursdayEkadashiRama Ekadashi
6 November 2026FridayPradosh VratShukra Pradosh Vrat
20 November 2026FridayEkadashiDevutthana Ekadashi
22 November 2026SundayPradosh VratRavi Pradosh Vrat
24 November 2026TuesdayPurnimaKartik Purnima · Dev Deepawali
27 November 2026FridaySankashti ChaturthiGanadhipa Sankashti Chaturthi
4 December 2026FridayEkadashiUtpanna Ekadashi
6 December 2026SundayPradosh VratRavi Pradosh Vrat

Frequently asked

When is the next Amavasya?

9 November 2026, a Monday, which is 28 days from today. It is Kartik Amavasya, in Kartik Krishna paksha. The tithi begins at 8 Nov, 11:28 AM and ends at 9 Nov, 12:32 PM.

Why does Amavasya not fall on the same date every year?

Because it is a tithi, not a calendar date. A tithi is a 12-degree step in the angle between the Moon and the Sun, so it begins and ends at an instant rather than at midnight, and it lasts anywhere from about 19 to about 28 hours. Around this date the shortest ran 20.1 hours on 15 June 2026 and the longest 26.7 hours on 7 January 2027. The day it governs is the day it is running at sunrise.

How many Amavasya dates are there in 2026?

12. Amavasya falls once a month, and a lunar year is about eleven days shorter than a solar one, so an adhika (leap) month is inserted every two to three years and that year carries an extra one. 2026 is such a year.

Is the Amavasya vrat on the same day as the festival that falls on it?

Not always. The vrat day is the day the tithi is running at sunrise, but several observances follow the dusk rule instead. Diwali / Lakshmi Puja on 9 November 2026's tithi, for example, is performed on 8 November 2026 — a day earlier — because that is when the tithi prevails at pradosh. Both dates are correct; they answer different questions.

The other vrat calendars

EkadashiPurnimaPradosh VratSankashti ChaturthiAll vrat dates

Amavasya is the same date for your whole city. Your chart is not.

Which vrats actually matter for you depends on where the Moon and its lords sit in your kundli — and on the dasha you are running. That part is yours alone.

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