Phalgun Amavasya 2025 is considered an auspicious day for offering prayers to ancestors. Performing the right rituals and donations on this day is believed to help remove Pitra Dosh and bring peace to ancestral souls.

Ways to Please Ancestors on Phalgun Amavasya

Perform Tarpan and Pind Daan

• Offering water, black sesame seeds, and rice balls to ancestors ensures their blessings.
• This ritual should be performed near a holy river or water body.

Light a Lamp for Ancestors

• Lighting a mustard oil lamp under a Peepal tree is believed to bring peace to ancestral souls.
• Doing this ritual during evening hours enhances its benefits.

Donate Food and Essentials

• Offering food, clothes, and essentials to Brahmins, needy people, or cows helps remove Pitra Dosh.
• Feeding cows, crows, and dogs is considered highly beneficial.

Recite Ancestor Prayers and Mantras

• Chanting the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra or Pitra Gayatri Mantra helps in seeking forgiveness and blessings.
• Reading Shrimad Bhagavad Gita or Vishnu Sahasranama brings positive results.

Avoid Tamasik Food and Negative Thoughts

• On this day, avoid non-vegetarian food, alcohol, and negative speech.
• Practicing meditation and self-discipline brings peace to the family lineage.