Pitru Paksha begins 2027 Thu 16 Sep
Shraddha muhurat in New Delhi: 13:29–15:57 IST
Festival · 30 cities, each on its own sunrise and sunset, in its own time
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2027?
Thursday 16 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Pitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Pitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat in 30 cities
Times in each city’s own zone.
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Pitru Paksha begins 2027 by state and country
Each opens Pitru Paksha begins 2027 there: the date and each city’s Shraddha muhurat.
States and territories of India
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal
Countries
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Thu 16 Sep?
In New Delhi
Pitru Paksha begins is on Thu 16 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:29–15:57. Pratipada: 04:33 to 05:52 Fri.
Pratipada ended at 05:52; aparahna is Dwitiya.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The first shraddha of Pitru Paksha is done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Pratipada runs from 04:33 on Thu 16 Sep to 05:52 on Fri 17 Sep, so only Thursday’s aparahna (13:29–15:57) falls within it. No text giving Pitru Paksha begins’s time was found; aparahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
The first shraddha of Pitru Paksha is done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose aparahna Pratipada holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.
Each city’s date and times are worked out at its own sunrise and sunset; each city’s page draws the reason.