Mahalaya Amavasya Puja
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Concluding day of Pitru Paksha and the day the Goddess's descent to earth is invoked.
Purpose: Festival Celebration — Concluding ancestral rites, invoking the Goddess
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Upcoming dates from the Panchang
This Puja is traditionally performed on these observances. The next occurrences, calculated by Avyani's Panchang:
- 10 October 2026 Amavasya
- 9 November 2026 Amavasya
Dates are for the Panchang's default city; confirm the exact muhurat with your Panditji.
About this ritual
- Deity
- Pitru (ancestors), Durga
- Approximate duration
- 1-2 hours
- Complexity
- Medium
- Performed at
- Home, Riverbank
- Performed on
- Bhadrapada/Ashwin Amavasya
- Scriptural source
- Multiple Sources
- Region
- East India
- Festival
- Mahalaya
- Recommended muhurat
- Festival Day
Original scriptural sources: Puranas, Regional Tradition.
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