Somwati Amavasya 2024: Chaitra Amavasya has special significance in Hindu religion. Especially Amavasya falling on Monday and Saturday is considered very important. This time Chaitra Amavasya is very special because this day being Monday is coinciding with Somvati Amavasya.
For worshiping Shiva with ancestors, the day of Somvati Amavasya is considered no less than a festival. Let us know the date and puja auspicious time of the first Somvati Amavasya of the year 2024.
Somwati Amavasya 2024 Date
The first Somvati Amavasya of this year is on 8 April 2024. This will be the new moon day of Chaitra month. Shiva worship on both Amavasya and Monday is considered special. In such a situation, the seeker will get double the results on this day.
Somwati Amavasya 2024 Time
This time Chaitra Amavasya Tithi will start on Monday, 8th April 2024 at 03:21 AM. Somvati Amavasya Tithi will last till 11:50 pm on this day.
- bathing time – 04.32 am – 05.18 am
- Shiva puja time – 09.13 am – 10.48 am
- Offering to ancestors- 11.58 am – 12.48 pm
Somvati Amavasya significance
According to the scriptures, it is believed that women who fast on Sawan Somvati Amavasya and worship Shiva, their husbands are blessed with a long life. Donate flour, rice, ghee and sugar on this day for the well being of their married life. As a result of Somvati Amavasya, the fasting person gets unbroken good fortune, happiness, success and blessings of ancestors. On this day, after taking bath and anointing Shivalinga with raw milk and Ganga water, one gets freedom from Pitra Dosh and Kaalsarp Dosh. The souls of the ancestors become satisfied.
Somvati Amavasya Puja Method
On the morning of Somvati Amavasya, take a bath in the Ganga river or in Ganga water at home before sunrise. Then offer Arghya to the Sun. After taking the resolution of fasting, anoint Lord Shiva with Panchamrit. Then water the Peepal tree with raw milk and revolve around it 7 times. Light a lamp under the Peepal tree in the evening. Shiva, Lakshmi ji and Shani Dev are pleased with this. In the afternoon, put sesame seeds in water and offer it in the south direction in the name of ancestors.
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