Amavasai Dates 2018

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 2018 / Amavasai 2018 dates and time.

Amavasai 2018 / Pournami 2018 / Pradosham 2018 / Karthigai 2018 / Ashtami 2018 / Navami 2018 / Sashti 2018 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2018 / Thiruvonam 2018 / Matha Sivarathiri 2018 / Ekadhasi 2018 / Chathurthi 2018

Year – 2018 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Matha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
January

16 Tue

01 Mon


31 Wed

14 Sun


29 Mon

26 Fri

09 Tue


25 Thu

10 Wed


26 Fri

07 Sun


23 Tue

05 Fri

18 Thu

15 Mon

12 Fri


27 Sat

21 Sun

February

15 Thu

N/A

13 Tue


27 Tue

22 Thu

08 Thu


23 Fri

09 Fri


24 Sat

06 Tue


21 Wed

03 Sat

14 Wed

13 Tue

11 Sun


26 Mon

19 Mon

March

17 Sat

01 Thu


31 Sat

14 Wed


29 Thu

22 Thu

10 Sat


24 Sat

11 Sun


25 Sun

07 Wed


23 Fri

05 Mon

13 Tue

15 Thu

13 Tue


27 Tue

21 Wed

April

15 Sun

29 Sun

13 Fri


27 Fri

18 Wed

08 Sun


23 Mon

09 Mon


24 Tue

06 Fri


21 Sat

03 Tue

10 Tue

14 Sat

12 Thu


26 Thu

19 Thu

Year – 2018 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Matha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
May

15 Tue

29 Tue

13 Sun


27 Sun

15 Tue

08 Tue


22 Tue

09 Wed


23 Wed

06 Sun


20 Sun

03 Thu

07 Mon

13 Sun

11 Fri


25 Fri

18 Fri

June

13 Wed

27 Wed

11 Mon


25 Mon

12 Tue

07 Thu


21 Thu

08 Fri


22 Fri

05 Tue


19 Tue

02 Sat

03 Sun

12 Tue

10 Sun


24 Sun

17 Sun

July

13 Fri

27 Fri

10 Tue


25 Wed

09 Mon

06 Fri


20 Fri

07 Sat


21 Sat

04 Wed


18 Wed

01 Sun


31 Tue

01 Sun

11 Wed

09 Mon


23 Mon

16 Mon

August

11 Sat

26 Sun

09 Thu


23 Thu

05 Sun

05 Sun


19 Sun

06 Mon


20 Mon

03 Fri


17 Fri

30 Thu

24 Fri

09 Thu

07 Tue


22 Wed

14 Tue

Year – 2018 Amavasai Pournami Pradosham Karthigai Ashtami Navami Sashti Sankatahara Chathurthi Thiruvonam Matha Sivarathiri Ekadhasi Chathurthi
September

09 Sun

25 Tue

07 Fri


22 Sat

02 Sun

03 Mon


17 Mon

04 Tue


18 Tue

01 Sat


15 Sat

28 Fri

21 Fri

08 Sat

06 Thu


20 Thu

13 Thu

October

08 Mon

24 Wed

06 Sat


22 Mon

26 Fri

02 Tue


17 Wed

03 Wed


18 Thu

01 Mon


15 Mon

27 Sat

18 Thu

07 Sun

05 Fri


20 Sat

12 Fri

November

07 Wed

22 Thu

05 Mon


20 Tue

23 Fri

01 Thu


16 Fri


30 Fri

02 Fri


17 Sat

13 Tue


28 Wed

26 Mon

14 Wed

05 Mon

03 Sat


19 Mon

11 Sun

December

06 Thu

22 Sat

04 Tue


20 Thu

20 Thu

15 Sat


30 Sun

01 Sat


16 Sun


31 Mon

13 Thu


28 Fri

25 Tue

11 Tue

05 Wed

03 Mon


18 Tue

11 Tue

Amavasya 2018 / Amavasai 2018

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 2018 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 2018 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 2018 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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