Amavasai Dates 2016

Amavasya / Amavasai is a day on which we won’t see the moon on the sky. As per Astronomy, the day on which sun and moon come on a straight line is called Amavasya / Amavasai. On Amavasya / Amavasai day many will perform poojas in their home since it is called as a very auspicious day. Here we will see Amavasya 2016 / Amavasai 2016 dates and time.

Amavasai 2016 / Pournami 2016 / Pradosham 2016 / Karthigai 2016 / Ashtami 2016 / Navami 2016 / Sashti 2016 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2016 / Thiruvonam 2016 / Matha Sivarathiri 2016 / Ekadhasi 2016 / Chathurthi 2016

Year – 2016 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Matha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
January

09 Sat

23 Sat

07 Thu


21 Thu

19 Tue

02 Sat


17 Sun

03 Sun


18 Mon

15 Fri

27 Wed

11 Mon

08 Fri

05 Tue


06 Wed


20 Wed

13 Wed

February

07 Sun


08 Mon

22 Mon

06 Sat


20 Sat

15 Mon

01 Mon


15 Mon

02 Tue


16 Tue

13 Sat

26 Fri

07 Sun

06 Sat

04 Thu


18 Thu

12 Fri

March

08 Tue

23 Wed

06 Sun


20 Sun

13 Sun

01 Tue


31 Thu

02 Wed

14 Mon

27 Sun

06 Sun

07 Mon

05 Sat


19 Sat

12 Sat

April

06 Wed


07 Thu

21 Thu

05 Tue


19 Tue

10 Sun

14 Thu


30 Sat

01 Fri


15 Fri

12 Tue

25 Mon

02 Sat


29 Fri

05 Tue

03 Sun


17 Sun

10 Sun

Year – 2016 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Maadha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
May

06 Fri

21 Sat

04 Wed


19 Thu

07 Sat

14 Sat


29 Sun

01 Sun


15 Sun


30 Mon

12 Thu

25 Wed

27 Fri

05 Thu

03 Tue


17 Tue

10 Tue

June

04 Sat

20 Mon

02 Thu


17 Fri

03 Fri

12 Sun


27 Mon

13 Mon


28 Tue

10 Fri

23 Thu

23 Thu

03 Fri

01 Wed


16 Thu


30 Thu

08 Wed

July

03 Sun


04 Mon

19 Tue

02 Sat


17 Sun


31 Sun

01 Fri


28 Thu

12 Tue


27 Wed

13 Wed


28 Thu

10 Sun

23 Sat

20 Wed

02 Sat

15 Fri


30 Sat

08 Fri

August

02 Tue

18 Thu

16 Tue


29 Mon

24 Wed

10 Wed


25 Thu

11 Thu


26 Fri

08 Mon

21 Sun

17 Wed

01 Mon


30 Tue

14 Sun


28 Sun

06 Sat

Year – 2016 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Maadha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
September

01 Thu


30 Fri

16 Fri

14 Wed


28 Wed

21 Wed

09 Fri


23 Fri

10 Sat


24 Sat

07 Wed

19 Mon

13 Tue

29 Thu

12 Mon


13 Tue

05 Mon

October

30 Sun

15 Sat

13 Thu


28 Fri

18 Tue

09 Sun


23 Sun

10 Mon


24 Mon

07 Fri

19 Wed

10 Mon

28 Fri

12 Wed


26 Wed

05 Wed

November

29 Tue

14 Mon

12 Sat


26 Sat

14 Mon

07 Mon


21 Mon

08 Tue


22 Tue

05 Sat

17 Thu

07 Mon

27 Sun

10 Thu


11 Fri


25 Fri

03 Thu

December

28 Wed

13 Tue

11 Sun


26 Mon

12 Mon

07 Wed


21 Wed

08 Thu


22 Thu

05 Mon

17 Sat

04 Sun

27 Tue

10 Sat


24 Sat


25 Sun

03 Sat

Amavasya 2016 / Amavasai 2016

As per Panchangam, Amavasya will happen every month and the Amavasya dates are already calculated in Panchangam. Now we will see what are all the benefits we will get by doing pooja on Amavasya.

Generally, Amavasya and Pournami will come on each month. The major difference between these days is. On Amavasya, there won’t be any moon so the whole night will be very dark but on Pournami we will see the full moon.

Even though Amavasya comes on every month, Aadi Amavasya and Thai Amavasya are considered as very powerful Amavasya. As per the Hindu belief, on these days Pitru will accept out Tharpana. So most of the people will give pitru tharpana on these two Amavasya days. If one does not give Tharpana on any Amavasya days and if they gave tharpana on Thai and Aadi Amavasya days then he will get the benefits of whole year Tharpana. At the same time, most of the people will have a holy water bath on these days by going to some holy places to destroy Sin.

Reason for holy water bath on Amavasya: As per Hindu belief, if one does holy river bath on Amavasya day then they will get the complete blessings from their pitru and previous birth sin will get destroyed completely. If we take Tamil Nadu, there are many holy places like Kanyakumari, Rameswaram, Kutralam, Pabanasam, and many others. So people can go there and take a bath on Amavasya days.

There are many belief that we need to give food to our pithru on Amavasya days to get their blessings. But it is not true, We can get their blessings just by thinking about them with a heart full of love and taking holy bath.

Aadi Amavasai 2016 benefits: There is a belief that in Aadi month Devas will get rest. So our pithru will come to earth to bless us. So if we give tharpana in Aadi month then we will definitely get our pithru blessings.

Thai Amavasai 2016 benefits: There is a belief that in Thai Amavasya, our pithru we leave us and once again they will return to lord Indiras place. So we need to properly give a sendoff to our pithru in the devotional manner to get their blessings on Thai Amavasya.

Puratasi Amavasai 2016 benefits: There is a belief that if we offer food to poor people on Puratasi Amavasya. Then we will get the benefits of doing tharpanam and also we will get the blessings of our ancestors.

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