End of Adhik Jyeshtha. Somvati Amavasya (Monday). Highly auspicious.
This Amavasya is special on two counts. First, it is the new moon that ends Adhik Jyeshtha, the extra month added to the Hindu calendar in 2026 to keep the lunar and solar years in step. This leap month is also called Purushottam Maas, a month so dear to Lord Vishnu that any worship, fasting or charity done in it is believed to carry many times its usual merit. Second, it falls on a Monday, making it a Somvati Amavasya, which is considered especially rare and auspicious.
Amavasya is the most important day for honouring our ancestors. On this day people take a holy bath at a river or sacred place at dawn, offer pitru tarpan and shradh to remember the departed, and give food, water and clothes in charity. On a Somvati Amavasya, married women also keep a vrat and circle the peepal tree, praying for the long life and wellbeing of their husbands. Falling within the holy Adhik month, all of these acts of devotion are believed to bring blessings, peace for the ancestors, and the grace of Lord Vishnu.
Rise early and take a holy bath, at a sacred river if you can, or at home with a few drops of Ganga jal in the water. Offer pitru tarpan and remember your ancestors with a sincere heart. Give daan, food, water, clothes or whatever you can, to brahmins and those in need. Worship Lord Vishnu, light a lamp, and if you keep the Somvati Amavasya vrat, circle the peepal tree and offer it water. Because this Amavasya falls in the holy Adhik month, even small acts of charity and prayer carry great merit.
Adhik Jyeshtha Amavasya 2026 is on Monday, 15 June 2026. Because it falls on a Monday, it is a Somvati Amavasya, and it marks the end of the Adhik (leap) Jyeshtha month.
Somvati Amavasya is a new moon (Amavasya) that falls on a Monday (Som). It is considered rare and highly auspicious. Married women keep a vrat and circle the peepal tree for the long life of their husbands, and it is a powerful day for pitru tarpan.
Adhik Maas is the extra lunar month added roughly every three years to keep the lunar and solar calendars aligned. Also called Purushottam Maas, it is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, and worship, fasting and charity done in it are believed to carry far greater merit than usual.
Take a holy bath at dawn, offer pitru tarpan to your ancestors, give food and charity to those in need, worship Lord Vishnu, and light a lamp. Those keeping the Somvati Amavasya vrat also circle and offer water to the peepal tree.