Sarvapitri amavasya 2010

Sarvapitri amavasya 2010 is on 7th of October. Sarvapitri amavasya (“all fathers’ new moon day”) is intended for all ancestors, irrespective of the lunar day they died. It is the most important day of the Pitru Paksha.

Sarvapitri Amavasya In southern and western India, it falls in the Hindu lunar month of Bhadrapada (September–October), beginning with the full moon day (Purnima) that occurs immediately after the Ganesh festival and ending with the new moon day known as Sarvapitri amavasya. In North India and Nepal, this period corresponds to the dark fortnight of the month Ashwin, instead of Bhadrapada.The performance of Sarvapitri amavasya rites can also compensate a forgotten or neglected annual shraddha ceremony, which should ideally coincide with the death anniversary of the deceased. However, on Sarvapitri amavasya or matamaha, the daughter’s son can offer Shraddha for the maternal side of his family if a male heir is absent in his mother’s family.