Kartika Amavasya (Somvati Amavasya)

Bathing in the Ganga and performing Deep Daan on Kartika Somvati Amavasya brings freedom from mental anxiety, removes financial stagnation, and grants long life to the family.

The Padma Purana highlights that any spiritual discipline performed during the month of Kartika yields a thousand-fold reward. When Kartika Amavasya aligns with Monday, Lord Shiva and Chandra Dev bestow deep peace upon seekers who circumambulate the Peepal tree and offer milk to the Shiva Linga.

1. 1Wake up early and take a purifying bath before sunrise.
2. 2Visit a Shiva temple and perform Abhishek with raw cow's milk, Gangajal, and white sandalwood.
3. 3Perform 108 rounds around a Peepal tree offering sweets, betel nuts, and raw thread.
4. 4Light an earthen ghee lamp under a Tulsi plant and near a body of water in the evening.
5. 5Donate warm blankets, food grains, and footwear to the poor.