- By Kashish Rai
- Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:40 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Vaishakha Amavasya 2025 falls in the Hindu month of Vaishakh and is the day when the moon is not visible in the sky. Hindu devotees dedicate this day to the worship of the ancestors or Pitru through sacred rituals. Devotees keep a fast and carry out pind daan, tarpan and other Pitru puja ceremonies with great dedication. These rituals tend to bring peace to the souls of ancestors and help seek their benevolence for harmony and protection. This year, Vaishakh Amavasya will be observed on 27th April 2025. This will also be termed as Shani Amavasya as it falls on a Saturday.
By sincerely performing the rituals of Vaishakh Amavasya, one not only performs family obligations but also earns spiritual merit and clears hindrances in life due to ancestral discontentment or unresolved karmic ties. Devotees can additionally perform certain remedies on this day to eradicate misfortune and please their ancestors.
Below is the list of the top 8 remedies to perform on Vaishakh Amavasya to garner good fortune and receive blessings of Lord Vishnu:
Vaishakh Amavasya 2025: 8 Remedies To Perform On This No Moon Day To Please Ancestors And Eradicate Misfortune
1. Eliminate Evil Eye
If you that you or any family member has the evil eye and is troubled in their job, take some mustard seeds on Amavasya evening. Turn them around seven times in a circular direction over the affected person’s head, six times clockwise and one time anti-clockwise. And then proceed to a cross point and scatter a little in all four directions. A simple ceremony breaks the negativity and removes unseen roadblocks so you and your family members can take a step further confidently and optimistically.
2. Chant Gayatri Mantra For New Energy
To attract new energy and bliss in your life, take a bath and put on clean clothes on Amavasya. Then, sit outside in fresh air and chant the Gayatri Mantra:
"Om Bhur Bhuvah Swah, Tat Savitur Varenyam, Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi, Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat"
This mantra makes your energy link up with the cosmic energy. It makes your mind full of positivity, refreshes your spirit, and brings emotional peace and stability.
3. Seek Blessings for a Bright Future
To attract good luck in the future, make a roti from wheat flour on Amavasya. Put a small piece of jaggery on it and offer it to a cow with both hands together in gratitude. Offer your prayers to the cow for blessings. This humble offering serves to cleanse your karma and bring divine protection. Offering a cow on this day is very auspicious and attracts positive energies into your life's path.
4. Attain Business Success via Ancestral Worship
If you want to achieve success in business, begin your day by taking a bath and paying obeisance to Surya Dev by offering arghya Amavasya. Then repeat the mantra: "Om Sarvebhyo Pitrebhyo Namo Namah." This respects your ancestors and requests their blessings in your business. Expressing gratitude to your ancestors might help eliminate deterrents and provide the right wisdom in decision-making. With divine and ancestral blessings, your business efforts can experience improved growth, consistent advancements and long-term stability in your career.
Devotees can amass good fortune and choicest blessings of their ancestors by performing ritualistic pitru puja and certain remedies on Vaishakh Amavasya. (Image Source: Canva)
5. Enhance Married Life through Shiv Puja
If there is a strain in your marriage, bath early on the day of Amavasya and visit a Shiva temple. Pay offerings of water to the Shivling and worship Lord Shiva reverently with incense sticks and lamp. Pray from your heart for peace between you and your partner. Performing this ritual transfers Lord Shiva's blessings onto your marriage and eliminates misunderstanding. It additionally fosters love and promotes stability.
6. Serve Brahmins To Amass Success
If you wish to prosper in life and achieve great heights, invite a worthy Brahmin to your home on Amavasya and offer him kheer, poori and sabzi with sincerity. Then, after consuming food, touch his feet in reverence and seek his blessings. After his meal, collect the leftover food from his plate and place it on two new pooris. Next, present it to a dog as an offering sacred to complete the ritual and call for divine blessing.
7. Eradicate Anxiety And Depression
If you frequently experience low spirits, detachment and poor appetite, perform a remedy during breakfast or lunch. Put a roti on a banyan leaf before taking food, make sure to prepare the leaf in advance. On the roti, put one clove, one green cardamom, an entire betel nut and a little pinch of saffron. Rotate this roti around yourself seven times to remove negative energy. Next, leave it in silence at a crossroads and come back without glancing behind to achieve emotional equilibrium and calm.
8. Invite Business Growth
If your business is not going well, bring home a new banyan leaf to draw growth. Wash it carefully with clean water and mark a Swastika symbol on it with turmeric. Then put the leaf in your home temple in a clean place. This easy ritual can help eliminate obstacles and enhance your business prospects. When you see it is happening or sense that the problem is being rectified, respectfully submerge the leaf in running water with gratitude.
(Disclaimer: This content includes advice providing generic information only. It is in no way a substitute for qualified spiritual or astrological opinion. Always consult a specialist for more information before adopting any measures.)