Getting Blessed by Ancestors on New Moon Days

Astroved is a one stop solution to all your spiritual problems. This article is about performing Tarpan/ Psycho revoultionary rituals on Mahalaya Amavasya/ New moon day. Donating food and clothing to the needy will be the perfect remedy to be performed on this special Hinfu festival. Your ancestors are the ones who grant both the best wishes and the worst curses on you! To get rid of all the bad effects, one should perform rituals to their ancestors, and appease them, so that they bless you only with good wishes! It is believed that our ancestors visit the earth plane on every new moon day to stay with us from dawn to dusk! This is the time for your communication with them, and hence performing ancestral rituals on this event, makes a special day for you! People with problems related to Finance, Pregnancy, child birth, health ailments and so on can also perform these rituals to find peace in life! Who knows, your ancestors may even bless you with a child! The new moon trailer has a very special place in the Hindu calendar of festivals! Get rid of your mundane problems and pave your way to success!

List of Amavasya dates in 2009

March 26, 2009, Thursday – Falguna Ammavasya
April 25, 2009, Saturday – Chaitra Amavasaya
May 24, 2009, Sunday – Vaisakha Ammavasi
June 22, 2009, Monday – Jyeshta Amavas
July 22, 2009, Wednesday – Ashada Amavasai
August 20, 2009, Thursday – Shravan Ammavasi
September 18, 2009, Friday – Badrapada Amavasya
October 18, 2009, Sunday – Ashwin Ammavasi (Aswayuja Amavas)
November 16, 2009, Monday – Karthik Amavasai (Karthika Amavas
December 16, 2009, Wednesday – Margashira Amavasya
From: http://www.hindupad.com/2009/03/list-of-amavasya-dates-in-2009/

Significance of Amavasya

Amavasya, or Amavasi, is the name of new moon night in Hindu religion. It is the first night of the first quarter of the lunar month. Since the moon is invisible on the day, Amavasya is also referred as no moon night. Amavasi holds great importance in Hinduism. Many Hindus choose this day to make offering (tharpanam) to the dead ancestors. There is also an ongoing debate whether Amavasya is auspicious or inauspicious.

The term ‘Amavasya’ is commonly used in all regional languages in India. The fortnight that starts with Amavasya is also referred as the Shukla paksha (bright half of the month). Mauni Amavasya in Hindu Magh month (January – February) and Mahalya Amvasya in Ashwayuja (September – October) are highly auspicious. In some regions people observe partial fast (Upvaas) or a complete fast on the day.

Thanks to mainstream Indian movies, Amavasya is considered the ideal day to perform black magic and evil acts. Since there is no moon, Amavasya night is pitch dark and this provides the ideal setting to invoke evil powers.
Earlier it was advised not to travel on an Amavasya night. The logic being that there is no moonlight and this could invite lot of hardship and danger.
Many astrologers advise against performing any important ceremony on the day as moon and important planet in Hindu astrology is not visible. In some regions, people do perform certain auspicious deeds on the day. But largely no new beginnings or important ceremonies are held on the day.

Symbolically, the period from Amavasya to Purnima (full moon) is considered to be the gradual awakening and transcendence into the fullness. From darkness to the gradual realization of the Supreme Soul.
From: http://www.hindu-blog.com/2008/02/significance-of-amavasya.html