Enter a date of death and this finds the day in the 2026 Pitru Paksha calendar on which that person's shraddha falls. It matches the tithi rather than counting days, applies the Purnima and Chaturdashi rules that send some deaths to Sarva Pitru Amavasya, and tells you when the time of death is what decides it.
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Sixteen tithi observances across fifteen dates. Chaturthi and Panchami share 30 September, which is why counting days forward from the start gives the wrong date from Panchami onward. Read the tithi, not the day number.
| Shraddha | Date | Day | Tithi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purnima Shraddha | 26 September | Saturday | Bhadrapada, Shukla Purnima |
| Pratipada Shraddha | 27 September | Sunday | Ashwina, Krishna Pratipada |
| Dwitiya Shraddha | 28 September | Monday | Ashwina, Krishna Dwitiya |
| Tritiya Shraddha | 29 September | Tuesday | Ashwina, Krishna Tritiya |
| Chaturthi Shraddha | 30 September | Wednesday | Ashwina, Krishna Chaturthi |
| Panchami Shraddha | 30 September | Wednesday | Ashwina, Krishna Panchami |
| Shashthi Shraddha | 1 October | Thursday | Ashwina, Krishna Shashthi |
| Saptami Shraddha | 2 October | Friday | Ashwina, Krishna Saptami |
| Ashtami Shraddha | 3 October | Saturday | Ashwina, Krishna Ashtami |
| Navami Shraddha | 4 October | Sunday | Ashwina, Krishna Navami |
| Dashami Shraddha | 5 October | Monday | Ashwina, Krishna Dashami |
| Ekadashi Shraddha | 6 October | Tuesday | Ashwina, Krishna Ekadashi |
| Dwadashi Shraddha | 7 October | Wednesday | Ashwina, Krishna Dwadashi |
| Trayodashi Shraddha | 8 October | Thursday | Ashwina, Krishna Trayodashi |
| Chaturdashi Shraddha | 9 October | Friday | Ashwina, Krishna Chaturdashi |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya | 10 October | Saturday | Ashwina, Krishna Amavasya |
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astrology| What this answers | Which day in the 2026 Pitru Paksha calendar a given person's shraddha falls on |
|---|---|
| 2026 shraddha calendar | 26 September to 10 October |
| Pitru Paksha proper | Fifteen Krishna Paksha tithis, 27 September to 10 October |
| Entries | Sixteen tithi observances across fifteen dates |
| Only shared date | 30 September - Chaturthi and Panchami both touch aparahna |
| Matching rule | By tithi number, from either Shukla or Krishna Paksha |
| Purnima death | Sarva Pitru Amavasya, 10 October - not 26 September |
| Chaturdashi death | 9 October if by accident, violence or suicide; otherwise 10 October |
| Tithi not known | Sarva Pitru Amavasya, 10 October |
| Nakshatra observances | Maha Bharani 29 September, Magha Shraddha 7 October |
| Authority for dates | Drik Panchang; our ephemeris verifies the assignment, not the minutes |
| Time zone | The Indian clock in force on the date: UT+5:30, and UT+6:30 in the two 1941-45 war-time stretches (IANA Asia/Kolkata) |
A tithi is the Moon's elongation from the Sun in twelve-degree steps, so it is a difference between two longitudes in the same frame. That means the ayanamsa cancels entirely and no sidereal conversion is involved: the tithi of a death is the same number whichever ayanamsa a calculator uses. This tool computes the Moon and Sun positions for the moment of death, reads the tithi, and looks that tithi up in the 2026 calendar.
The calendar itself is not ours. The dates and the published minutes are Drik Panchang's. Our own ephemeris independently reproduced its 2026 assignments - the sixteen tithi rows by recomputing the tithi boundaries, and the two nakshatra rows by a separate check - and flagged 30 September as the ONLY date in the fortnight where two shraddhas share a day. Where Drik publishes exact minutes we could compare against, which is the Chaturthi and Panchami boundary on 30 September, our computed values sit about a minute away. That difference changes no date: the nearest boundary to a decision point is about fifty minutes distant.
Two observances in the fortnight are chosen by the Moon's nakshatra rather than by tithi, so the finder above never returns them. They are listed here for completeness. Our ephemeris confirmed the named nakshatra is present on each date, and further that the Moon advances one nakshatra per aparahna cleanly across the whole fortnight, from Uttara Bhadrapada on 26 September to Hasta on 10 October, so no date in the window is ambiguous between two nakshatras. The rule for SELECTING these two observances is Drik Panchang's and is not something we reimplement.
The names look alike and mean different things. Pitru Paksha is a fortnight in the calendar during which shraddha is performed for ancestors - a date question, which is what this page answers. Pitra Dosha is a placement pattern some traditions read in a birth chart, which is a chart question; our Pitra Dosha calculator covers that separately, with its own base rate stated. Neither page sells or recommends any observance. For the fortnight itself - what Pitru Paksha is, the full tithi calendar in prose, and the regional terminology - see our guide to Shradh 2026 dates.
It follows the tithi, the lunar day, on which the person died - not the English calendar date. Enter the date of death and the tool works out that tithi and matches it to the corresponding day in the 2026 Pitru Paksha calendar. Drik Panchang records that the tithi counts from either fortnight, so a death on Shukla Paksha Saptami and a death on Krishna Paksha Saptami both fall on Saptami Shraddha.
Then the shraddha is observed on Sarva Pitru Amavasya, 10 October 2026, and not on Purnima Shraddha on 26 September. Drik Panchang states this explicitly. It is the single rule most often got wrong by counting, because 26 September is the day that carries the Purnima name.
Shraddha is performed on the tithi prevailing at aparahna, the fourth of five equal parts of daylight. On 30 September, Chaturthi holds aparahna from its 13:22 start until 14:55 and Panchami holds the rest of it, so both touch aparahna the same day. On 1 October, Panchami has already ended at 12:35 before aparahna opens, so it has no aparahna presence at all. The practical consequence is that counting days forward from the start of Pitru Paksha gives the wrong date from Panchami onward.
The tool shows every day the tithi could point to rather than guessing. A tithi runs roughly 20 to 27 hours, so a calendar day often carries two of them; if the day of death was one of those, the answer genuinely depends on the time and the tool says so instead of picking one.
Drik Panchang records that the shraddha can then be performed on Sarva Pitru Amavasya, 10 October 2026, which is the collective day for all ancestors.
No, and the similar names cause real confusion. Pitru Paksha is a fortnight in the calendar when shraddha is performed. Pitra Dosha is a placement pattern some traditions read in a birth chart. They are unrelated: one is a date question, the other is a chart question.
The shraddha calendar runs 26 September to 10 October 2026. Pitru Paksha proper is the fifteen Krishna Paksha tithis from Pratipada on 27 September to Amavasya on 10 October; Purnima Shraddha on 26 September is conventionally listed alongside it, and Drik Panchang notes that it is not part of Pitru Paksha.