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Polished brass lamps lit in rows for Deep Amavasya

Deep Amavasya

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Amavasya
Deep Amavasya 2027 is on 2 August 2027, a Monday. Kept on Ashadha Amavasya at the close of the Amanta month, it is Maharashtra's Divyanchi Amavasya: household lamps are cleaned, arranged, lit, and worshipped before Shravan begins.

When it falls

The date shifts because it tracks the moon, not the Gregorian calendar.

2024 Aug 4
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2027 Aug 2
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Calculated for India (IST) using precise Panchang astronomy. Dates can shift by a day at locations far to the east or west.

What Deep Amavasya means

Deep Amavasya is the Amavasya at the close of Ashadha in Maharashtra's Amanta calendar, the day before Shravan begins. Its traditional name, Divyanchi Amavasya or the Amavasya of lamps, points directly to the household observance: the lamps used in daily worship are cleaned, restored, and honoured.

The focus is not a Diwali-style public display. Families gather their brass samai, niranjan, and other oil lamps, clean and polish them, arrange them near the home shrine, draw rangoli, light the wicks, and perform deep puja. In some homes, sweet lamps shaped from wheat flour, jaggery, and ghee are steamed, offered as naivedya, and then eaten as prasad.

The same civil day is popularly associated with the name Gatari Amavasya, because it falls just before the dietary restraints many households keep during Shravan. That colloquial feasting custom is not the meaning of deep puja itself. This page keeps the traditional lamp-worship observance at the centre while acknowledging the later popular name without treating indulgence as a religious requirement.

Rituals & observance

Deep Amavasya is primarily a household observance. Customs vary, but the lamps themselves—not a large public celebration—remain the centre of the puja.

  • Cleaning the lamps: household oil lamps, brass samai, and niranjan are washed or polished and prepared for worship.
  • Arranging the deep puja: the lamps are placed neatly near the home shrine, often with rangoli, flowers, turmeric, and kumkum according to family custom.
  • Lighting and worshipping: wicks are filled with oil or ghee, the lamps are lit, and aarti or family prayers are offered before them.
  • Making flour lamps: some Maharashtrian homes shape sweet wheat-flour dough into small lamps, steam them, add ghee and a wick for the offering, and later share them as prasad.
  • Preparing for Shravan: the observance closes Ashadha by readying the lamps and the home shrine for the devotional month that begins the next day.

Regional variations

Maharashtra households
The observance is commonly called Deep Amavasya or Divyanchi Amavasya. Brass samai and niranjan are cleaned and worshipped, and some families prepare edible flour lamps as naivedya.
The Gatari association
Gatari is a popular social name connected with eating and drinking before Shravan restrictions begin. It shares the date, but the traditional religious observance described here is deep puja, not compulsory feasting.
How this date is determined

Observed on the new-moon day (Amavasya) of Shravana (Krishna paksha), reckoned by sunrise (udaya tithi).

Dates are computed to astronomical precision (NASA/JPL ephemeris), in line with traditional panchang.

Frequently asked

When is Deep Amavasya in 2027?
Deep Amavasya 2027 falls on 2 August 2027, a Monday. It is Ashadha Amavasya in Maharashtra's Amanta calendar and comes immediately before the first day of Shravan.
Why is it called Divyanchi Amavasya?
Divyanchi Amavasya means the Amavasya of lamps. Household lamps used for daily worship are cleaned, polished, arranged, lit, and worshipped, which gives the day its traditional identity in Maharashtra.
What are the flour lamps made on Deep Amavasya?
Some families make small lamp shapes from sweet wheat-flour dough, often using jaggery and ghee. They are steamed, used in the offering with ghee and a wick, and then shared as prasad; the recipe and procedure vary by household.
Are Deep Amavasya and Gatari Amavasya the same?
They refer to the same Ashadha Amavasya date in popular usage, but they describe different emphases. Deep Amavasya names the traditional lamp worship; Gatari is a later colloquial association with feasting before the dietary restraints of Shravan. Feasting is not the deep-puja ritual.
Is Deep Amavasya the same as Diwali?
No. Both involve lamps, but Deep Amavasya is the Ashadha household observance that honours and prepares the lamps before Shravan. Diwali falls months later and has its own multi-day festival sequence, deities, and regional customs.

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