Mauni Amavasya Vrat and Puja Vidhi
The fast is from sunrise to next day sunrise.
Those performing partial fast should consume fruits and raw vegetables.
The puja should be offered to Pitr – Ancestors
Keep a kalash on a white color cloth. Fill it with water add some til, urad dal, uncooked rice, chandan and flowers. Cover the mouth with coconut and mango leaves. Apply sindoor on coconut.
- Light lamp using cow ghee.
- Offer dhoop
- Offer chandan
- Offer flowers
- Offer naivedya – preferably a food that one of the ancestors liked. It should later given to a cow.
- Say your prayers.
- Do donation of clothes, study materials or food to poor people.
Special Totke on Mauni Amavasya – Simple Procedures
Keeping a painting of Goddess Lakshmi and light a lamp using cow ghee of one wick. Chant the following mantra 108 times on kamal gatta mala. The mantra will help in achieving the blessing of Goddess Lakshmi. All wealth related problems will be solved.
सिद्धि बुद्धि प्रदे देवि भुक्ति मुक्ति प्रदायिनी।
मंत्र पुते सदा देवी महालक्ष्मी नमोस्तुते।।
Chant the mantra ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ (ऊं नमः शिवायः) 108 times using a Rudraksha Mala. This will help in desire fulfillment.
Other procedures and rituals
- Feed fish for finding relief to all forms of trouble in life.
- Drop sugar near anthill for sin redemption.
- Light a lamp using cow ghee in the northeast corner of the house. Use red thread wick. Put a small amount of kesar in the ghee. This will help in achieving peace and progress in life. There will be happiness in life.