Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami): Friday, 24 September 2027. Navami tithi in New Delhi: 24 Sept, 02:58 – 25 Sept, 00:55 IST.
Timings in New Delhi
- Navami tithi
- 24 Sept, 02:58 – 25 Sept, 00:55
How we calculate this
- Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri) from each city's own sunrise and sunset. Other almanacs can differ by a minute or two.
Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) (मातृ नवमी (अविधवा नवमी)) is a tithi-based observance falling in the Hindu lunar month of आश्विन. Its position is fixed by tithi rather than by the Gregorian calendar, so the date moves every year and is computed from the panchang. No fast is prescribed for the day.
Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami)
मातृ नवमी (अविधवा नवमी)
Hindu month: आश्विन
Panchang Basis (Tithi Rule)
Ashvina Krishna Navami fixes the day, so the English date moves each year.
Amanta panchangs (Maharashtra, Gujarat, South India) call this fortnight Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha; the date is the same.
About This Festival
The Matri Navami of Pitru Paksha — the shraddh day reserved for departed mothers, grandmothers, and all deceased women of the family, observed with tarpan, pind-daan, and feeding of brahmins in their memory.
पितृ पक्ष की मातृ नवमी — दिवंगत माता, दादी-नानी और परिवार की सभी दिवंगत स्त्रियों के श्राद्ध का दिन, जिसमें उनकी स्मृति में तर्पण, पिंडदान और ब्राह्मण भोजन कराया जाता है।
Significance
Navami of the dark fortnight of Ashvina (Bhadrapada Krishna Navami in Amanta calendars) is set apart for the maternal line — the day scriptures assign for shraddh of mothers who have passed on, and of any woman of the family whose exact death tithi is unknown. Honouring the matri-pitrs on this day is held to lift Matri-dosh and bring the household the ancestresses' ashirwad of sukh and santaan. Families invite suhagins or elderly women for bhojan alongside brahmins, since the offering is to the feminine line itself.
Puja Vidhi (How to Observe)
After morning snan, the karta performs sankalp naming the departed mothers and grandmothers, then offers tarpan of water, til, and kusha facing south. Pind-daan of rice, til, and ghee is made in their name. Food cooked without onion-garlic — commonly kheer, puri, and seasonal sabzi — is first offered to crow, cow, and dog (the panch-bali), then served to invited brahmins and elderly women, who are seen off with dakshina and vastra. Daan of white cloth in the ancestresses' name completes the rite.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) celebrated?
Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) falls on Sunday, 4 October 2026 and on Friday, 24 September 2027.
Is Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) a fasting (vrat) day?
No, no fast is prescribed for Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami).
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