Calendar · Amavasya
Amavasya dates in Bengaluru
Black sesame in water, poured between thumb and finger.
The new moon, kept monthly, and the day for remembering ancestors.
When it falls
Mon, 9 NovemberAshwina Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Tue, 8 DecemberKartika Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Thu, 7 JanuaryMargashirsha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Sat, 6 FebruaryPausha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Mon, 8 MarchMagha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Tue, 6 AprilPhalguna Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Thu, 6 MayChaitra Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Fri, 4 JuneVaishakha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Sun, 4 JulyJyeshtha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Mon, 2 AugustAshadha Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Tue, 31 AugustShravana Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Thu, 30 SeptemberBhadrapada Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Fri, 29 OctoberAshwina Krishna Paksha Amavasya
Sun, 28 NovemberKartika Krishna Paksha Amavasya
What to do
The home tarpana is simple and the detail that carries it is the hand. Bathe, face south, hold water with black sesame and a few grains of rice in cupped palms, and let it fall through the gap between the thumb and the index finger. That part of the hand is the pitru-tirtha, kept for ancestors; water for the devas goes over the fingertips instead. Who performs monthly tarpana, and the mantras and gotra names used, follow your own family's practice.
Keep ready: Darbha grass, black sesame, a little ghee and clean water.
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