Kathmandu. The Pitru Paksha which started from Ashwin Krishna Pratipada is concluding this afternoon with tarpan, siddaan and pind daan in the name of the departed ancestors.
Pitru Paksha, which starts from Ashwin Krishna Pratipada, is going to conclude today with tarpan, sidadaan and pindaan in the name of the deceased ancestors on the day of Ashwin Krishna Amavasya. The shraddha of Matamaha (mother’s father) performed on the day of Ashwin Shukla Pratipada is performed on Sunday. It is called Sixteen Shraddha as tarpan, sidadaan and pindadan are performed in the name of the deceased ancestors on the 15th of Pitru Paksha and one day of Ashwin Shukla Pratipada.
On the last day of Pitru Paksha, today is Amavasya i.e. Aunsi Tithi Shraddha. There is a classical opinion that if the shraddha to be performed on other dates of this fortnight is stopped for some reason, it should be done today. Prof. Dr. Ramchandra Gautam, former president of the Nepal Calendar Determination Development Committee, says that if it is not possible to do it today due to any reason, it is a scriptural statement that according to the religion of the emergency, it should be done from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada to Ashwin Shukla Panchami.
If it is not possible to perform sixteen shraddha at this time due to any reason, it can be done on the day of Kartik Krishna Aunsi i.e. Lakshmi Puja. If it cannot be done even on Kartik Krishna Aunsi, then it can be done by connecting it to Vrishchik Sankranti i.e. Mangsir.
Prof. Dr. TAG_OPEN_div_18 Devmani Bhattarai, head of the Department of Religious Science at Nepal Sanskrit University, Valmiki Vidyapeeth, said that the scriptural option has also been given in the scriptural texts of Nirnayasindhu, Dharmasindhu and Dharmasindhu on any date of Ashtami, Dwadashi, Aunsi, Bharani Nakshatra and Vyatipat Yoga after Ashwin Shukla Panchami.
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