Fasting on Rosh Chodesh for a Yahrzeit: Is it permissible to fast if one's father passed away on Rosh Chodesh due to fear of bad luck if not fasting?
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Question
One should not fast on Rosh Chodesh as a fast for one's father or mother, and nothing bad will happen because one is not fasting for the honor of Heaven. According to Sephardic custom, one should complete the fast the next day or advance it to the day before Rosh Chodesh.
Answer
Shulchan Aruch, Siman 568, Seif 9: "If the day of one's father's death falls on Shabbat or Rosh Chodesh, it is postponed to the next day. Rema: And this is not the custom, rather one does not fast at all; and similarly on other days when Tachanun is not recited."
Source
And the Chochmat Adam wrote, Sha'ar HaSimcha, Klal 171: "And even though a groom on his wedding day fasts on Rosh Chodesh Nisan, as stated in Orach Chaim, Siman 573, Seif 1, there it is for atonement, but a yahrzeit is due to bad luck, and it is a matter of the heavens, and since he is not fasting for the sake of Heaven, nothing bad will happen."
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