festival 2027
Pitru Paksha begins 2027: Wednesday, 15 September 2027
Shukla Purnima · amanta Bhadrapada · computed for New Delhi
Pitru Paksha begins in 2027 falls on Wednesday, 15 September 2027. It is kept on the Purnima of amanta Bhadrapada.
Why Pitru Paksha begins Is on 15 September in 2027
The Purnima begins at 02:48 on 15 September 2027 and ends at 04:33 on 16 September 2027. The 2027 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Pitru Paksha begins tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 15 September 2027 the Sun rises at 06:05 and sets at 18:26 at New Delhi. The Purnima is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 15 September 2027 is the day.
In 2027 the Purnima lasts 25 hours 45 minutes, against 23 hours 12 minutes in 2026 and 26 hours 25 minutes in 2028: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 12 hours 21 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Purnima ends at the full moon itself, 04:33 on 16 September 2027, with the Moon in Aquarius and Purva Bhadrapada.
The daily panchang for 15 September 2027 gives Purnima at sunrise; the day before, Shukla Chaturdashi; the day after, Krishna Pratipada. At that sunrise the yoga is Dhriti and the karana Vishti. The panchang for 15 September 2027 has the rest of the day.
When the Purnima begins, the Moon is in Shatabhisha, ruled by Rahu.
Pitru Paksha begins in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Pitru Paksha begins 2026 | 26 September 2026 | Saturday |
| Pitru Paksha begins 2027 | 15 September 2027 | Wednesday |
| Pitru Paksha begins 2028 | 3 September 2028 | Sunday |
Pitru Paksha begins 2027 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Pitru Paksha begins 2026. Between Pitru Paksha begins 2026 and Pitru Paksha begins 2027 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.
In the 2027 table Pitru Paksha begins comes 1 day after Anant Chaturdashi and 15 days before Sharad Navratri begins.
Within six days of Pitru Paksha begins in 2027: Anant Chaturdashi (14 September).
Related
Every 2027 festival is on the festival dates page and in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Pitru Paksha begins 2027 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.