Pitru Paksha 2026
Pitru Paksha begins on 27 September 2026 with Krishna Pratipada. Purnima Shraddha is the day before, 26 September; many calendars count it as the first shraddha day. The table gives each tithi's shraddha day for Delhi.
A calendar that gives 26 September as the start is counting Purnima Shraddha; the Krishna fortnight itself begins with Pratipada on 27 September.
The table below gives, for Delhi, the day each tithi's shraddha is kept: the day that tithi holds the aparahna, the afternoon period used for shraddha. This is not always the tithi running at sunrise.
Purnima Shraddha and the fortnight, day by day
| Date | Shraddha tithi | Nakshatra | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep | Sat | Pournami | Uttara Bhadrapada | Purnima Shraddha |
| 27 Sep | Sun | Krishna Pratipada | Revati | |
| 28 Sep | Mon | Krishna Dwitiya | Ashwini | |
| 29 Sep | Tue | Krishna Tritiya | Bharani | |
| 30 Sep | Wed | Krishna Chaturthi and Krishna Panchami | Krittika | |
| 1 Oct | Thu | Krishna Shashti | Rohini | |
| 2 Oct | Fri | Krishna Saptami | Mrigashira | |
| 3 Oct | Sat | Krishna Ashtami | Ardra | |
| 4 Oct | Sun | Krishna Navami | Punarvasu | |
| 5 Oct | Mon | Krishna Dashami | Pushya | |
| 6 Oct | Tue | Krishna Ekadashi | Ashlesha | |
| 7 Oct | Wed | Krishna Dwadashi | Magha | |
| 8 Oct | Thu | Krishna Trayodashi | Purva Phalguni | |
| 9 Oct | Fri | Krishna Chaturdashi | Uttara Phalguni | |
| 10 Oct | Sat | Amavasya | Hasta | Sarva Pitru Amavasya: kept for anyone whose tithi is not known, and for any shraddha missed earlier in the fortnight. |
Two shraddhas on 30 September
Krishna Chaturthi and Krishna Panchami both hold the afternoon of 30 September: the first ends and the second begins inside the aparahna, and neither holds the aparahna of another day more. Both shraddhas are kept that day.
Bharani Shraddha
Bharani holds the afternoon of 29 September this year, which puts Maha Bharani Shraddha on 29 September. Families who keep the rite by the nakshatra keep it on that day.
If you do not know the tithi
If you know only the date of death, the date lookup shows that day's tithi at sunrise. When the tithi changed that day, the time of death settles which one it was.
Find the tithi from the date: any day since 1950, for the cities listed there.
Why the tithi and not the date
Shraddha follows the lunar calendar, so its civil date moves from year to year.
How a tithi is computed · Today in Delhi
The fortnight is bounded by the Bhadrapada purnima and the amavasya that ends the month, both computed by the Drik method on the Lahiri ayanamsha. A shraddha is kept on the day its tithi holds the aparahna, the afternoon (the fourth of five equal parts of daylight); where two days share it, the one holding more.