Tradition of Pitru Paksha/Shradh As per the Hindu calendar, Pitru paksha or Shradh fortnight is observed during Krishna paksha of the lunar month of Bhadrapad (immediately after Ganesh Utsav) for those following the Amanta system. For those following the Purnimanta system (For North, East India and Nepal) it will be the lunar month of Ashwini, Shukla paksha. It begins on the Pratipada (first day of the fortnight) and ends with the no-moon day known as सर्वापित्री अमावस्या, Pitri Amavasya, Peddala Amavasya, Mahalaya Amavasya. Rituals associated with Pitru paksha/Shradh, are mentioned in Rgved and are observed to this day, with changes and modifications. But why was this month and date selected and not any other? As I had said most of our Hindu festivals/ rituals are based on celestial events, indicating a change of season/Ritu/elapsed time and actions to be taken by all given the cosmic event and what to expect further. This was a method of timekeeping, by perform...
The cosmos has a lot of hidden facts, and we are not aware of them. Humans have been learning from the heavens and updating their lives since ancient times. In doing so, we have forgotten the efforts of the previous generation who had opened the cosmos to us. Some facts we knew, but had no proof of, as we unfold and update, the facts confirm their findings. My effort is to bring out these fundamentals as given in ancient Hindu texts