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🙏Pithori Amavasya - पिठोरी अमावस्या

Pithori Amavasya Date: Friday, 22 August 2025
Pithori Amavasya

According to the Hindu calendar, the Amavasya that falls in the month of Bhadrapada is called Pithori Amavasya. Amavasya Tithi falls every month, which is known by different names and also has special significance. On Pithori Amavasya, Kush is used in religious works like Pitra Tarpan etc., hence it is also called Kush Amavasya. By offering tarpan to ancestors on this new moon, one gets freedom from the troubles caused by Pitru Dosha and gets their blessings. Apart from this, on this day women worship Devi Durga and pray for the long life of their sons.

Worship method and importance of Pithori Amavasya fast?
❀ On the day of Pithori Amavasya, get up early in the morning at Brahma Muhurta.
❀ Take a bath by mixing Ganges water in the bath water. Light a lamp in the temple of the house. Offer arghya to the surya dev. Make offerings and donations for the ancestors.
❀ Do charity with the worship of Bhagwan Vishnu and Mahadev according to the bidhi.

Significance of Pithori Amavasya
❀ By observing the fast of Pithori Amavasya, childless people get children.
❀ Mothers who observe this fast are blessed with long life and good health for their children.
❀ On this day, women make idols of 64 devi’s including Maa Durga with flour and offer prayers.

It is believed that only married women can fast and worship Pithori Amavasya.

Related NameKush Amavasya, Pithori Amavasya
Begins TithiBhadrapad Amavasya
CelebrationsVrat, Worship of ancestors, Worship of Maa Durga, Worship of Bhagwan Vishnu and Mahadev

पिठोरी अमावस्या हिन्दी में पढ़ें

हिन्दू पंचांग के अनुसार भाद्रपद माह में पड़ने वाली अमावस्या को पिठोरी अमावस्या कहा जाता है।

Pola Festival

Pola Mahotsav is a festival celebrated by farmers in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh on the day of Pithori Amavasya, celebrated for the importance of bulls, which are an important part of agriculture and agricultural activities. A similar festival is celebrated as Mattu Pongal in the south and Godhan in north and west India. In Telangana, a similar festival is celebrated on a full moon day called Iruvaka Purnima.

Method of Pola Festival
In preparation for the festival, the bulls are cleaned and decorated with shawls, bells and flowers, their horns painted, and decorated with new bridles and ropes and taken in procession. When they return from the procession, they are formally welcomed by the family members by lighting an earthen lamp with puja and aarti.

Related Information

Futures Dates
10 September 202631 August 202719 August 2028
Frequency
Annual
Duration
1 Days
Begins Tithi
Bhadrapad Amavasya
Months
July / August
Celebrations
Vrat, Worship of ancestors, Worship of Maa Durga, Worship of Bhagwan Vishnu and Mahadev
Past Dates
2 September 2024, 14 September 2023, 26 August 2022
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