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Divaaso 2025

Āṣāḍhī Amāvasyā: the Gujarati observance marking the eve of Chāturmāsa

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Divaaso · 2025
📍 Bangalore, India
July 24, 2025
Āṣāḍhī Amāvasyā: the Gujarati observance marking the eve of Chāturmāsa
Divaaso · Bangalore
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Divaaso
🗓 July 24, 2025
🌙 Tithi
Amāvasyā
🌅 Sunrise
06:04:37 AM
🌇 Sunset
06:48:01 PM
🌅 Pūrva Sūryodaya
July 23
06:04:23 AM
🌑 Amāvāsyā Ārambha
July 24
02:28:59 AM
🌅 Sunrise
July 24
06:04:37 AM
🌇 Sunset
July 24
06:48:01 PM
🌒 Amāvāsyā Samāpta
July 25
12:40:55 AM
🌅 Para Sūryodaya
July 25
06:04:51 AM
🌅 Pūrva Sūryodaya
July 23
06:04:23 AM
🌘 Tithi Ārambha
July 24
02:28:59 AM
🌅 Sunrise
July 24
06:04:37 AM
🌇 Sunset
July 24
06:48:01 PM
🌒 Tithi Samāpta
July 25
12:40:55 AM
🌅 Para Sūryodaya
July 25
06:04:51 AM
About

Divaaso

Divāso (also called Āṣāḍhī Amāvasyā) is the new moon day of the Gujarati month of Āṣāḍha, observed across Gujarat as a day of rest and reflection marking the close of the old agricultural half-year and the approach of the monsoon-season Cāturmāsa period.

Households traditionally avoid starting new ventures or travel on this day, and it is common for families to gather, cook special food, and pause the working week: the word 'divāso' itself carries the sense of a day set aside from ordinary activity.

Because Amāvasyā is a tithi that can begin or end at any point during the day, its exact civil-day attribution follows a traditional rule: the day Amāvasyā rules sunrise counts as Divāso only if the tithi continues for at least three muhūrtas past that sunrise; if it ends sooner, Divāso shifts to the previous day instead.

दर्शेन सोमः प्रथमेन राजा
Darśena somaḥ prathamena rājā
"On the day of Darsha (Amavasya), Soma is honoured as the first among rulers of the night sky."
Traditional Amavasya invocation
Tradition & Practice
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Āṣāḍhī Amāvasyā
Divāso falls on the new moon of Āṣāḍha māsa, the last amāvasyā before the monsoon season sets in fully.
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The 3-Muhūrta Rule
If Amāvasyā rules sunrise but ends within 3 muhūrtas, the observance shifts to the previous day instead.
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A Day of Rest
Traditionally a day to pause ordinary activity, avoid starting new ventures, and gather with family.
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Eve of Cāturmāsa
Divāso marks the approach of Cāturmāsa, the four-month monsoon period observed with special significance in Gujarati tradition.
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