Overview

• Amavasya Shraddha is on September 21, with the tithi running from 12:16 am on September 21 to 1:23 am on September 22.
• Kutup, Rohina and Aparahna Parvan Kaal windows for rites are 11:50 am–12:38 pm, 12:38 pm–1:27 pm, and 1:27 pm–3:53 pm respectively.
• Core practices highlighted include Shraddh prayers, Pind Daan, Tarpan, Homa, feeding Brahmins and the poor, and making charitable donations, which believers say aid ancestral peace and blessings.
• Astrologer Sidhharrth S Kumaar says the day coincides with a solar eclipse and specific planetary alignments and recommends Shraddh, Tarpan, food donations and other devotional acts.
• Coverage notes that North Indian Purnimanta and South Indian Amanta calendars use different month names but observe these Shraddha days on essentially the same dates.