Aadi Amavasai 2026 ஆடி அமாவாசை

The day in the Tamil calendar

Timings for Chennai. The date follows the Tamil Nadu calendar.

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

Sources

1. deccanchronicle.com
2. dtnext.in
3. Wikipedia: Aadi (month)

Aadi Amavasai in other years