Mauni Amavasya 2027 Date
Mauni Amavasya 2027 is on Saturday, 6 February 2027, on Amavasya tithi.
Dates are for India (IST). Tithi timings for your city are on the Mauni Amavasya page.
About Mauni Amavasya
On Mauni Amavasya the Ganga is said to turn into amrit (nectar) — making this the single most prized bathing day of the Magha month and the headline Shahi Snan of the Prayag Kumbh Mela. Pilgrims keep silence from before dawn until the dip is done.
The silence vow gives the day its name, but the 'mauni' also points to muni — the sages — whose discipline bathers imitate for a few hours. The dip sits inside a longer 30-day vow called kalpavas, which runs from Paush Purnima to Magha Purnima; Maghi Amavasya is its midpoint and peak. At Prayag the moment is called Amrit Yoga or Kumbh Parva: in 2019 around 50 million people bathed at the Triveni Sangam on this single day. Because every amavasya belongs to the ancestors, families also offer tarpan (water libations) and pinda to departed forebears before breaking silence. Puranic vrata texts trace the day to Svayambhuva Manu, founder of the current human lineage in the Bhagavata Purana — the etymological bridge from Manu to muni to mauna.
