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Vrats & fasting
Pitru Paksha 2026: What You Can and Cannot Do, and Why
Pitru Paksha rules on buying gold, a vehicle, property or clothes, on haircuts and temple visits, and what to do when something genuinely cannot wait.
Vidhata Editorial Desk9 Sept 2026 · 11 min - 🕯
Festivals
Pitru Paksha 2026 dates: how to work out which day is your ancestor's shraddh
Pitru Paksha 2026 runs from 26 September to 10 October, and it carries sixteen tithis in fifteen days because krishna ashtami is kshaya this year. Here are the dates, the rule that decides which day belongs to your ancestor, and the afternoon window the rite actually needs.
Vidhata Editorial Desk4 Aug 2026 · 10 min
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