Festival
Pitru Paksha begins dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Shraddha Paksha, Mahalaya Paksha
The next one
Saturday, 26 September 2026
Purnima, Bhadrapada
Bhadra until 10:47 am
Festival
The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
Begins at Bhadrapada Purnima and runs the following krishna paksha, ending at Sarva Pitru Amavasya.
The day is settled by the tithi at sunrise.
Festival
Pitru Paksha begins dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Sunday | Sunday, 7 September 2025 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 12:43 pm |
| 2026Saturday | Saturday, 26 September 2026 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 10:47 am |
| 2027Wednesday | Wednesday, 15 September 2027 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 03:44 pm |
| 2028Sunday | Sunday, 3 September 2028 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 04:04 pm |
| 2029Saturday | Saturday, 22 September 2029 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 09:06 am |
| 2030Wednesday | Wednesday, 11 September 2030 | Purnima | BhadrapadaBhadra until 03:10 pm |
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Other festivals
Each one with its own rule and its own dates.
Festival
The whole calendar
Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.
Hindu calendar