Festival · Thu 16 Sep – Fri 1 Oct 2027
Pitru Paksha 2027 in Gaya (पितृ पक्ष)
Thu 16 Sep – Fri 1 Oct 2027 · Aparahna, daily.
The fortnight in which Shraddh is traditionally kept for all three generations. Families keep the rite on the tithi matching the day of death; where that is not known, Sarva Pitru Amavasya is the day the tradition provides.
- Date
- Thu 16 Sep – Fri 1 Oct 2027
- Window
- Aparahna, daily
- Pujas
- 3
- Shraddh — the annual rite kept on the tithi of a death
- Tarpan — water offered with sesame, kept daily through Pitru Paksha
- Pind Daan — the offering made at Gaya for three generations of ancestors