Ashadha Amavasya 2025: Pitr Tarpan, Bathing, Donation and Vedic Significance

Ashadha Amavasya is regarded as a sacred and spiritually powerful day in the Hindu calendar. This date is devoted to the peace of ancestors, the offering of water and food, charity, spiritual purification and the wellbeing of the family. The rituals performed on this day reach the realm of the ancestors and bring blessings for prosperity, health and the removal of obstacles.

Ashadha Amavasya 2025 Date and Auspicious Timings

Amavasya begins 24 June 2025 at 6:59 PM
Amavasya ends 25 June 2025 at 4:00 PM
Main observance and rituals 25 June 2025 Wednesday

Auspicious times for bath charity and offerings
Brahma Muhurta 4:05 AM to 4:45 AM
The time before sunrise until 11 AM is considered especially sacred for bathing charity offerings and prayer
Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga from 5:25 AM to 10:40 AM

Religious and Astrological Importance of Ashadha Amavasya

Ashadha Amavasya is considered the most auspicious day for rituals that provide peace to ancestors. On this day the gates of the ancestral realm are believed to open. The ancestors look towards their descendants hoping for water, food and remembrance. Offerings made with faith are believed to remove ancestral afflictions, illness, financial hardship and obstacles related to progeny.

In Vedic astrology the Sun and Moon align in the same sign on Amavasya creating a powerful flow of spiritual energy on Earth. Bathing in sacred rivers offering water to the Sun and performing tarpan with sesame barley and kush grass bring profound spiritual merit.

Ritual Method for Bath Charity and Ancestral Offerings

Awaken in Brahma Muhurta and bathe in a sacred river lake or water mixed with Ganga water.
Offer water to the Sun while chanting Om Suryaya Namah.
Face the south and offer water sesame barley and kush grass to ancestors while chanting Om Pitribhyo Namah.
Perform pind daan at a sacred place if possible.
Give charity in the form of food, clothes black sesame jaggery umbrellas, silver iron items and footwear.
Light a lamp under a peepal tree offers water and circumambulates it seven times.
In the evening worship Goddess Lakshmi and light ghee lamps at home.
Feed cows, birds crows and ants.

What to Do

Sacred bath at river or with Ganga water
Offering water to the Sun and performing tarpan
Charity to the needy children elders and Brahmins
Worship of Lord Hanuman and recitation of Hanuman Chalisa
Peepal worship and lighting lamps
Meditation prayer and chanting

What Not to Do

Avoid tamasic food alcohol and meat
Avoid harsh words anger arguments
Do not cut hair or nails
Avoid buying iron shoes and items linked to conflict
Refrain from new beginnings or auspicious ceremonies
Do not send any needy person away empty handed

Puranic Story of Ashadha Amavasya

In Alakapuri the king Kubera had a gardener who delayed bringing flowers for worship because he spent time in pleasure with his wife. Angered Kubera cursed him to be born on Earth as a leper and to live in separation from his wife.
Upon birth on Earth the gardener performed ritual bath charity and ancestral offerings on Ashadha Amavasya with full devotion. His sins dissolved and he attained liberation.
This story teaches that ritual bath charity and tarpan on Ashadha Amavasya can destroy even the most difficult karmic burdens and bring peace to ancestors.

Spiritual Message

Ashadha Amavasya is not only a ritual date but a sacred reminder of gratitude duty and the connection with our lineage. The offerings made on this day nourish the ancestors and bring peace, harmony and prosperity to the family. This day teaches us that remembering our roots and fulfilling our responsibility to the ancestors is a noble and essential act.

FAQs

• Can tarpan be done at home
Yes when performed with sesame barley kush and pure water it yields full merit.

• Can women perform tarpan
Yes when no male member is present women may perform it with devotion.

• What should not be purchased on Amavasya
Iron broom footwear and things linked with conflict.

• Is pind daan necessary
Not mandatory but highly meritorious.

• What is the fruit of charity on this day
Long lasting blessings removal of ancestral afflictions and spiritual upliftment.