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Amavasya Vrat
what is eaten, and how to hold it

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अमावस्या व्रतAmavasya Vrat

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Every new-moon day, once a lunar month.

The struck span is the part of the day held without food, from sunrise to midday, as commonly observed. Households differ, and where they differ the difference is the practice, not an error.

ஆதாரம்·Published accounts of Amavasya Vrat as commonly observed·customs differ by family, region and sampradaya·மறுபரிசீலனை ஜூலை 2026

How long Amavasya Vrat runs

680–830kcal

One serving of each food listed below, ±10% for the hand that cooks it. A scale check, not a target. The new-moon observance, often for the ancestors. Often a single satvik meal, frequently connected with tarpan and rites for ancestors rather than with a strict dietary fast.

As the dataset states it: Usually a day of restraint rather than abstention — one meal, or satvik food only.

ஆதாரம்·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·Amavasya Vrat entry·மறுபரிசீலனை ஜூலை 2026

இந்தப் பக்கம் என்ன

இந்தப் பக்கம் பெயரிடப்பட்ட ஆதாரங்களிலிருந்து குறிப்பு எண்களை வெளியிடுகிறது. இது தகவல், மருத்துவ ஆலோசனை அல்ல, உங்கள் சொந்த வரலாற்றை இது கணக்கில் கொள்ள முடியாது — ஒரு மருத்துவரால் முடியும். ஆதாரங்கள் & அவற்றை நாங்கள் எப்படி மதிப்பாய்வு செய்கிறோம் →

Fasting is not safe for everyone. Speak to a doctor before the observance rather than during it if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have diabetes — particularly on insulin or a sulfonylurea — have a history of disordered eating, are elderly or a child, or take regular medication. Every tradition described here already provides for those who cannot fast. The full list, and what to watch for →

What Amavasya Vrat is

Amavasya observance is less about dietary strictness than most fasts on this site. In many households it means satvik food and one meal, and it is more often tied to shraddha and tarpan — rites for ancestors — than to abstention.

Mauni Amavasya adds a vow of silence, which is a different kind of discipline and has no dietary consequence at all.

Customs vary. Practice differs sharply — some families keep a full fast, most keep satvik food and one meal, and in many the day is about the rites rather than the food at all.

How this entry is drawn, and how the food is counted

The observance is read from published accounts of Amavasya Vrat and written as commonly observed — never as required, never as correct. Where households differ, the entry says they differ.
The arc above places the observed span between named stations of the day — sunrise, midday, sunset, moonrise — and never between times. Sehri, iftar, moonrise and sunset are local and religiously significant, and this site publishes none of them.
The length is taken from the range the dataset itself states, as a range. Where the length turns on latitude and season, no duration is printed at all.
Food energy is per the serving each item is really eaten in, from IFCT 2017 (ICMR–NIN) where the table has the food, and from a named alternative where it does not.
Every food is reconciled against Atwater factors on each build, and a page that fails to reconcile does not ship.

serving kcal  =  per-100 g kcal × (serving g ÷ 100)
energy check  =  4·protein + 4·carbohydrate + 9·fat   (±15%, ±20% high-fibre)
day shape     =  observed span, station → station   (no clock times, ever)

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What is customarily eaten, and what is set aside

Described as commonly observed. Your own family's practice is the one that applies.

Commonly eaten

One satvik meal in most observances
Fruit and milk through the day where a fuller fast is kept

Customarily set aside

Meat, fish, eggs, onion, garlic and alcohol
Grains, in stricter household observances

ஆதாரம்·Published accounts of Amavasya Vrat·reported, not prescribed; regional practice varies and the variation is the practice·மறுபரிசீலனை ஜூலை 2026

The food, with the numbers

Foods commonly associated with Amavasya Vrat, at the serving each is really eaten in. Every one has its own page with the full breakdown.

Commonly eaten during Amavasya Vrat — calories and macros per real serving. IFCT 2017 · JUL 2026
Food	One serving is	கலோரிகள்	புரதம்	கார்ப்ஸ்
Cow Milk (full cream)	1 glass · 200 g	124 kcal	6.4 g	9.0 g
Curd (Dahi)	1 கட்டோரி · 150 g	90 kcal	4.7 g	4.5 g
Banana	1 medium banana · 100 g	105 kcal	1.3 g	24.0 g
Boiled Potato	1 medium potato · 120 g	84 kcal	1.8 g	17.9 g
Samak Rice Pulao	1 கட்டோரி · 150 g	189 kcal	3.0 g	30.6 g
Fruit Chaat	1 plate · 200 g	114 kcal	1.6 g	25.4 g
Tender Coconut Water	1 coconut · 250 g	50 kcal	0.5 g	11.3 g

One serving of each of these 7 items would come to about 756 kcal — a scale check, not a menu. Amavasya Vrat is not a calorie target and this table is not a plan.

What the vrat foods cost, counted per serving rather than per 100 g.

ஆதாரம்·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·per stated serving weight·மறுபரிசீலனை ஜூலை 2026

How to hold it without wrecking the week

This is the part nobody publishes well. None of it asks you to change the observance — training, sleep and meal timing are the variables you control, and the fast is not.

Training

No meaningful restriction for most people. Train as usual.

Sleep

Unaffected in most observances.

Blood sugar

A one-meal day still shifts the pattern for anyone on insulin or sulfonylureas.

Hydration

Normal.

The specific risk with Amavasya Vrat

Low. Standard medication-timing caution applies to any single-meal day.

Who should not fast · Fasting and blood sugar · Hydration during fasting · Sources

Questions asked about Amavasya Vrat

Is Amavasya a fasting day?

In many households it is a day of satvik food and restraint rather than a strict fast, and it is often more closely connected with rites for ancestors than with abstaining from food. What it means in practice varies widely by family and region.

Related observances

Sharad NavratriNine days, the longest vrat most people keep Chaitra NavratriSpring Navratri, ending at Ram Navami EkadashiTwice a month, the most frequently kept vrat of all Nirjala EkadashiWithout water — the most demanding fast in the Hindu year Karva ChauthSunrise to moonrise, kept without water in its full form Maha ShivratriA day fast followed by a night of jagran Paryushan ParvaEight or ten days of the most structured fasting in India Ayambil OliNine days of a single bland meal Ramzan (Ramadan) RozaA month of daily fasting from dawn to sunset

Guides that apply here

Who should not fast Hydration during fasting Training while fasting Breaking a fast Fasting and blood sugar Fasting and sleep Protein during a vrat Lighter vrat food, same rules

ஆதாரம்·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·observance accounts and food composition·மறுபரிசீலனை ஜூலை 2026

Practices are described as commonly observed; customs differ by family, region, community and sampradaya, and this site is not an authority on any of them. Food values come from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), the older ICMR–NIN tables, USDA FoodData Central, named composition studies and the shared ThaliFacts dataset, reconciled against Atwater factors on every build. Which source applies to which food is listed per food, and every source carries the date it was last checked. General information only — not medical or religious guidance. Fasting is not safe for everyone, particularly during pregnancy or with diabetes or other conditions. Speak to a doctor first.

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