Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) (मातृ नवमी (अविधवा नवमी)) is a tithi-based observance falling in the Hindu lunar month of भाद्रपद. 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: भाद्रपद
Panchang Basis (Tithi Rule)
Each year this observance falls on the Navami tithi of the Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Ashvina. Because lunar tithis drift against the Gregorian calendar, the English date shifts every year — the tithi rule above is what stays fixed.
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 Bhadrapada 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 today 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) is celebrated on Sunday, 4 October 2026 in 2026 and Friday, 24 September 2027 in 2027. The date changes each year because it follows the Hindu lunar calendar (Panchang) — every date here is computed from real planetary positions using the Swiss Ephemeris engine, not copied from a fixed list.
Is Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) a fasting (vrat) day?
Matru Navami (Avidhava Navami) is not primarily a fasting day, though many families still keep a light fast or a sattvic diet as part of the observance.
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