When is Mauni Amavasya 2024: The month of Magh will start from 26 January 2024. This month holds special significance for bathing and donating at pilgrimage sites. It is said in the scriptures that one who takes a bath in the Ganga on the day of Magh Amavasya attains salvation.
With the blessings of his ancestors, he gets material happiness throughout his life. Magh Amavasya is also called Mauni Amavasya. Mauni Amavasya i.e. this is the only Amavasya of the year in which by observing a fast of silence and doing religious work one gets inexhaustible virtue. Know the date, bath-donation auspicious time and significance of Mauni Amavasya in the year 2024.
Mauni Amavasya 2024 Date
Mauni Amavasya is on 9 February 2024, Friday. It is also called Maghi Amavasya. On the same day, the third bath of Magh Mela will be held in Prayagraj. A fast is also observed on Mauni Amavasya to get rid of Pitra Dosh and Kaalsarp Dosh.
Mauni Amavasya 2024 Time (Mauni Amavasya 2024 Time)
According to the Panchang, Magh Amavasya Tithi will start on 9 February 2024 at 8.02 am. It will end on February 10, 2024 at 4:28 am.
- Bathing time – 05.21 am – 06.13 am
Mauni Amavasya Significance
The belief behind calling Magh Amavasya Tithi as ‘Mauni’ is that Rishi Manu was born on this day and from the word Manu, this Amavasya came to be called Mauni Amavasya. Keeping fast on Mauni Amavasya increases positive energy and self-confidence of the body. Donating sesame seeds, sesame laddus, sesame oil, clothes and amla in charity is considered auspicious on the day of Mauni Amavasya. On this day, every wish is fulfilled by offering Arghya to the Sun God with milk and sesame seeds.
Benefits of bathing on Mauni Amavasya (Mauni Amavasya Snan)
There is a tradition of bathing on the banks of Sangam on Mauni Amavasya. According to the scriptures, on Mauni Amavasya, the gods and ancestors come to Prayagraj and take an invisible bath in the Sangam. It is said that taking a bath in the Ganga during Brahma Muhurta results in long life and health. Those who cannot take bath in river Ganga should take bath on this day by pouring Ganga water in water.
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