Aati Amavasye Vratam The new moon of Aati, the wettest month of the Tulu year, and the one day in the year the paale da kashaya is drunk.
Aati Amavasye 2027 falls on Monday, 2 August, computed for Chennai.
The name
The same day, in every language that has a word for it
- English
- Aati Amavasye
- ತುಳು
- ಆಟಿ ಅಮಾಸೆ
Only the names actually in use are listed. A blank script is not an omission: the day may simply not be kept there, or be kept under a different festival's name.
Asia/Kolkata · UTC+5:30
The date of a festival depends on the place: a tithi that ends at dusk in Chennai can still be running at dusk a thousand kilometres west, which moves the day. Sunrise and sunset here are computed for the place above.
When it falls next
Tulu Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
- Monday, 2 August 2027
- Saturday, 22 July 2028
- Friday, 10 August 2029
Where Aati Amavasye falls on the solar year, and how far the date moves between occurrences.
- 2027: 2 Aug
- 2028: 22 Jul
- 2029: 10 Aug
The dates, year by year
Tulu Nadu calendar, computed for Chennai
| Year | Aati Amavasye |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Thursday, 24 July 2025 |
| 2026 | Wednesday, 12 August 2026 |
| 2027 | Monday, 2 August 2027 |
| 2028 | Saturday, 22 July 2028 |
| 2029 | Friday, 10 August 2029 |
| 2030 | Tuesday, 30 July 2030 |
| 2031 | Saturday, 19 July 2031 |
| 2032 | Friday, 6 August 2032 |
| 2033 | Tuesday, 26 July 2033 |
| 2034 | Monday, 14 August 2034 |
| 2035 | Friday, 3 August 2035 |
| 2036 | Wednesday, 23 July 2036 |
Worked out for Chennai, Lahiri ayanamsa. A date is a function of the place: set yours above and the next three come back for where you are.
What the day is
The new moon of Aati, the wettest month of the Tulu year, and the one day in the year the paale da kashaya is drunk. A strip of bark is cut from the paale mara, the Alstonia scholaris, the black outer skin is scraped away, and the white inner bark is ground on stone with water; it is taken before sunrise with pepper, turmeric, ajwain and garlic, on an empty stomach, and it is bitter enough that it is drunk once a year and no more. It is held to clear the body for the rest of the monsoon, and the mente ganji, the roasted cashew and the shendige that follow it are the rest of the morning. Aati is the month in which nothing is begun and no wedding is held, and this is its day.
- Deity
- Bhumi Appe, Pitrs
- Kind
- Vratam Days kept by a fast or a vow, most of them coming round every lunar month.
The hour
Clock times for Monday, 2 August 2027 at Chennai
The Amavasya that falls inside the Aati month, at sunrise; the kashaya is drunk before first light.
| Instant | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 05:55 | the udaya tithi, the tithi running as the sun comes up |
Sunrise 05:55, sunset 18:36, UTC+5.5. These are the instants the rule is read at, not the temple's own puja times, which every temple prints for itself.
The fast
The kashaya is taken on an empty stomach before sunrise, and the first food after it is the mente ganji of fenugreek rice gruel with roasted cashew and the coconut rice of the house.
Where the regions differ
Tulu Nadu keeps it as Aati Amavasye; the same new moon is the Aadi Amavasai of the Tamil country, kept for the ancestors instead, and the Karkidaka Vavu of Kerala, which is the same.
The dates above are the Tulu Nadu reckoning, because that is the calendar this key belongs to. Switch the tradition on the calendar page to see how another one dates the same day.
Where this day is kept
Nearest first from Chennai, with what is recorded about each.
- Kollumangudi, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Visited where a family quarrel or a father’s displeasure is read into the chart, and on amavasai for the ancestors.
- Tamil Nadu
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Tula snanam through Aippasi, when lakhs bathe at the ghats, and amavasai tarpanam are what most come for.
- Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Amavasai tarpanam and Maha Sivaratri are its days
- Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Amavasai and Aadi Amavasai tarpanam on the nearby shore are what most come for.
- Erode, Tamil Nadu
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Maha Sivaratri and amavasai tarpanam are its days.
- Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
This day is kept for Pitrs, and the gazetteer keeps this temple for Pitru and ancestors. Aadi Amavasai tarpanam at Keerimalai is the largest ancestor rite in the north of the island.
26 more temples in this gazetteer are recorded for the day. Find temples near you.
A temple is listed here only where the gazetteer's own line names this day, or where this day's own entry names the town, or where the day belongs to the ancestors or the nagas and the temple is recorded for that rite. Where neither table says anything, nothing is listed. Your family's own temple comes first, and its calendar is the one that decides.
Every date here is computed from the Sun and Moon for the place entered, by the rule printed beside it. A printed panchangam can differ by a day where an almanac reads a tithi at a different instant, and a family's own custom always comes first. Where the practice genuinely varies, the text says so rather than choosing for you.