Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: A Sacred Day for Renewal, Charity, and Ancestral Peace
Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: Vaishakha month is the second month as per the Hindu calendar. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, this month marks various religious festivals and celebrations.
It is considered as a time for new beginnings and renewal of faith. One of these highly spiritual observances is Vaishakh Amavasya. As per the Skanda Purana, this day falls when the Sun enters and is positioned in the Aries zodiac sign of this month.The month of Vaishakha is especially dear to Lord Vishnu, as per the scriptures. Any good deed done with good intentions is said to absolve you of your sins as well as pave the way for moksha.
Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: Vaishakh Amavasya 2025:When is Vaishakha Amavasya in 2025?
This year one can observe Vaishaka Amavasya on April 27th, 2025. The auspicious day begins from April 27th, at 04:49 am to 01:00 am on April, 28th.
Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: Significance and Rituals for this day
It is said that every day of this month is auspicious, and one can multiply their Punya every day of this month. Though, as for the Amavasya, it is the most significant observance, believed to give salvation to human souls who practised righteously. People observe fasts, offer food to brahmins and perform pind daan. Even simple tasks like feeding animals and birds, offering water to travellers and planting shade-giving trees is considered a noble act.
Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: Story Behind Vaishakh Amavasya
As per legends, a Brahmin named Dharmavarna, lived a deeply spiritual life. He practised a strict life of a righteous brahmin. He was once told by some sages that in the Kaliyuga, chanting Lord Vishnu’s name carries more merit than any ritual or sacrifice in this day and age. He turned his life around and followed the path of name chanting and renounced from worldly life, adopting asceticism. Upon reaching the Pitru Lok, he saw his forefathers in great suffering and despair. They told him that their condition was due to his renunciation, as no one remained to perform the ancestral rites. Moved by their state, he returned to the grahist way of living, he performed the rituals and helped his ancestors attain eternal peace.
