festival 2027
Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027: Thursday, 30 September 2027
Krishna Amavasya · amanta Bhadrapada · computed for New Delhi
Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2027 falls on Thursday, 30 September 2027. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Bhadrapada — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Ashwina.
Why Sarva Pitru Amavasya Is on 30 September in 2027
The Amavasya begins at 10:55 on 29 September 2027 and ends at 08:06 on 30 September 2027. The 2027 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Sarva Pitru Amavasya tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 30 September 2027 the Sun rises at 06:13 and sets at 18:08 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 30 September 2027 is the day.
In 2027 the Amavasya lasts 21 hours 11 minutes, against 23 hours 44 minutes in 2026 and 20 hours 6 minutes in 2028: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 11 hours 55 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 08:06 on 30 September 2027, with the Moon in Virgo and Hasta.
The daily panchang for 30 September 2027 gives Amavasya at sunrise; the day before, Krishna Chaturdashi; the day after, Shukla Dwitiya. At that sunrise the yoga is Brahma and the karana Naga. The panchang for 30 September 2027 has the rest of the day.
When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Uttara Phalguni, ruled by the Sun. By sunrise on 30 September 2027 the daily table has it in Hasta.
Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2026 | 10 October 2026 | Saturday |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 | 30 September 2027 | Thursday |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2028 | 18 September 2028 | Monday |
Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 comes 10 days earlier in the calendar year than Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2026. Between Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2026 and Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.
In the 2027 table Sarva Pitru Amavasya comes 15 days after Pitru Paksha begins and 7 days before Durga Ashtami.
Within six days of Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2027: Sharad Navratri begins (30 September).
Related
Every 2027 festival is on the festival dates page and in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.