Aadi Amavasai ஆடி அமாவாசை
Dates in the Tamil calendar, 2025–2028 (Chennai).
Next Aadi Amavasai
Every year
| 2025 | Thursday, 24 July 2025 |
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| 2026 | Wednesday, 12 August 2026 |
| 2027 | Monday, 2 August 2027 |
| 2028 | Saturday, 22 July 2028 |
About the festival
Aadi Amavasai is the new-moon day in the Tamil month of Aadi; Tamil custom treats it, with the new moons of Thai and Purattasi, as sacred for rites honouring ancestors.1,2,3
Devotees perform tharpanam, offering sesame and rice balls to their ancestors, usually beside the sea, a river or a temple tank, together with a ritual bath.1,2
Large gatherings take place at the Agni Theertham at Rameswaram, at Kanyakumari, and on the banks of the Cauvery and Thamirabarani rivers.1,2
When it falls: Aadi Amavasai is the Amavasya (new moon) that falls in the Tamil solar month of Aadi.1,2,3