Margashirsha Amavasya 2025
Amavasya date of Margashirsha month is considered very auspicious and influential from religious and spiritual point of view. According to the Hindu calendar, this year Margashirsha Amavasya will start from 19 November 2025 and will last till 12:16 pm on 20 November 2025. This date of Amavasya is considered to be a particularly fruitful time for offering prayers to ancestors, donations, chanting and worshiping Vishnu Lakshmi.
In the scriptures, Lord Shri Krishna himself has given the place of Margashirsha month among the best months by saying Masanam Margashirshoham i.e. I am Margashirsha among the months.
Spiritual significance of Margashirsha Amavasya
Amavasya Tithi is considered auspicious for the ancestors and when this Tithi falls in Margashirsha month, its results increase manifold. It is described in religious scriptures that by offering Tarpan, Pind Daan and lamp Daan on this day, the souls of the ancestors attain peace and their blessings remain on the family. The person who performs ancestral work with devotion, the obstacles in his life are removed and mental stability is achieved.
Along with this, worship of Lakshmi Narayan on this day also has special significance. According to Vaishnav tradition, worshiping Lord Vishnu and Mother Lakshmi on Margashirsha Amavasya brings prosperity, good fortune and increase in wealth in the family. Donations made on this Amavasya, especially food, clothes, sesame seeds and lamps, are considered extremely virtuous in the scriptures.
Why was Margashirsha month called the best?
The name of Margashirsha month is based on Mrigashira Nakshatra. At the time of full moon of this month, the Moon is situated in Mrigashira Nakshatra, hence its name Margashirsha. In the scriptures and Puranas, it has been called the month of purity, penance and meditation. Rishis and sages consider chanting, meditation, yagya and charity as extremely auspicious in this month.
Many important religious events have also happened in this month. Geeta Jayanti is considered to be the Ekadashi of this month, when Lord Krishna preached the Bhagavad Gita to Arjun. It is believed that the meditation done in Margashirsha provides more stability to the mind and makes the path to attain God easier.
Religious activities to be performed on Margashirsha Amavasya
- Take bath in the morning and purify your mind and body.
- Offer water mixed with sesame seeds to the Sun God.
- Make sure to offer tarpan, pind daan and lamp daan for your ancestors.
- Light a lamp in the north direction of the house in the evening.
- Donation of black sesame, jaggery, food and warm clothes is considered auspicious.
- Feed cows, dogs and birds.
- By chanting Om Pitridevaya Namah one gets blessings from the ancestors.
- Reciting peace or chanting simple mantras at home in the evening is very fruitful.
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