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🙏 Pitru Paksha 2026 — Shradh Date Calendar
⚡ Quick Facts
- Pitru Paksha 2026: September 7–21, 2026
- Mahalaya Amavasya: September 21, 2026 (most important)
- Key rituals: Tarpan, Pinda Daan, Brahmin feast
- Sacred locations: Gaya (Bihar), Prayagraj, Varanasi
📅 Shradh Date Calendar 2026
Sep 7 (Sun)PurnimaShradh for ancestors who died on Purnima
Sep 8 (Mon)PratipadaAncestors who died on Pratipada
Sep 9 (Tue)DwitiyaAncestors who died on Dwitiya
Sep 10 (Wed)TritiyaTritiya Shradh + special for mothers
Sep 11 (Thu)ChaturthiAncestors who died on Chaturthi
Sep 12 (Fri)PanchamiPanchami Shradh + for married women
Sep 13 (Sat)ShashthiAncestors who died on Shashthi
Sep 14 (Sun)SaptamiAncestors who died on Saptami
Sep 15 (Mon)AshtamiAncestors who died on Ashtami
Sep 16 (Tue)NavamiNavami — special Shradh for mother and wife
Sep 17 (Wed)DashamiAncestors who died on Dashami
Sep 18 (Thu)EkadashiEkadashi Shradh + for ascetics/monks
Sep 19 (Fri)DwadashiAncestors who died on Dwadashi
Sep 20 (Sat)TrayodashiTrayodashi — Shradh for children and youth
Sep 21 (Sun)ChaturdashiChaturdashi — for those who died accidentally or in conflict
Sep 21 (Sun)Mahalaya Amavasya⭐ Sarva Pitru Amavasya — Shradh for ALL ancestors together
💧 Tarpan Vidhi
- Bathe in the morning and wear clean white or yellow clothes
- Face South (direction of ancestors) and sit
- Add water, black sesame, barley, and Kusha grass in a copper vessel
- Take water in cupped palms, chant "Om [Name] Triptatu, Idam Tarpana"
- Perform Tarpan for father, grandfather, great-grandfather in order
- Also perform Tarpan for mother and maternal grandmother
🌾 Pinda Daan — Sacred Locations
🏛️ Gaya, Bihar
Supreme Pitru Tirtha. Pinda Daan at Vishnupad Temple grants Moksha to ancestors.
🌊 Prayagraj (Sangam)
Tarpan at the Triveni Sangam of Ganga, Yamuna & Saraswati yields thousandfold benefit.
🔱 Varanasi (Kashi)
Manikarnika Ghat and Pishachamochana Tirtha — Shradh in Kashi yields special merit.