AMAVASYA, AN INTRODUCTION
The New Moon Day is called Amavasya or Amavasai. The Sanskrit word ‘Ama’ means ‘together’ and ‘Vasya’ is ‘to dwell’. There is a cycle of 30 lunar phases as per the Vedic calendar and each of them is called a Thithi. The Thithi of the dark Moon, when the Moon is not seen in the sky, is referred to as Amavasya Thithi or simply as, Amavasya. As per the Hindu lunar calendar that is widely used in India, a lunar month starts on Pournami/Purnima or the full Moon day, and Amavasya falls in the middle. Amavasya is considered auspicious for various activities, especially for worshipping the ancestors.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAI AMAVASYA
Thai Amavasya is the first Amavasya which falls in the sacred Uttarayana period and hence, is held as even more auspicious for performing various rituals dedicated to the ancestors. Non-performance of such austerities is believed to bring us bad luck and can become the cause for Pitru Dosha or ancestral curse. People, therefore, choose this particular occasion for performing ceremonies to propitiate the departed souls and receive their blessings.
BENEFITS OF OBSERVING THAI AMAVASYA
Propitiating ancestors on the sacred day of Thai Amavasya can bestow you with the following benefits:
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Absolve Pitru Dosha (ancestral afflictions)
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Solve relationship issues
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Bestow with health, wealth, success, peace and happiness blessings
THINGS TO DO THIS AMAVASYA
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Do Tarpanams to your ancestors
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Offer black til mixed with water to the roots of a peepal tree.
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Chant Vishnusahasranama sitting under a peepal tree
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Do Kaalbhairava Rituals for your ancestors and long-standing problems in your life.
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Visit a Shani mandir and take blessings
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Visit holy river banks and do tarpanams, pind daan etc there.
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Do Til Homams
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