Masa Sankramanam

The beginning of each month is known as Māsa Sankramanam during which Sun transits from one Rāsi to another.

Performance of pithru tharpanam on the masa sankramanam (masa pirappu) is done to please the Pithru, Pithru Devatas and Pitru Ganas.

12-2-2025 (THURSDAY)

ShadaShīthi New Month

PuNyakāla Kumbha Ravi Sankramana TharpaNam
Kumbha Sankranti Punya Kala - 11:51am to 5:32pm
     Duration - 5 hrs 41 mins
Kumbha Sankranti Maha Punya Kala - 3:38pm to 5:32pm
     Duration - 1 hr 54 mins
Kumbha Sankranti Moment : 10:04pm

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Rituals
1. Achamanam
2. Ganesha Dhyanam
3. Pranayam
4. Sankalpam

Mama upatta, samastha duritha kshyathwara sri parameshwara prithiartham, subhe shobane muhurthe – ādhyabrahmanaha – dwithiye pararthe – swetha varaha kalpe – vaivasvatha manvanthare – ashtā vimsathi thithame kaliyuge – prathame pade – jambudwepe – bharata varshe bharatha kande – merohe – dakshine parswe – sakabdhe – asmin varthamane vyavharike – prabhavadhi nāma sashtya samvathsaranām madye –

Krodhi nama samvathsare,
Uttarayane 
Hemanta Rithou
Makaram Mase
Sukhla upto 7:22pm and then Krishna Pakshe
Purnima upto 7:22pm and then Pratipada subha thithou
Soumya vasara yukhtayām
Ashlesha upto 7:35pm and then Magha Nakshatra yukhtayām
Saubhagya upto 8:07am and then Shobhana  nama Yoga
Vishti upto 7:05am, Bava upto 7:22pm and then Balava

evanghuna viseshena vishishtayām Asyām vardhamānāyām Prathamyām Punyathithou (prachīnā vīthi - change your holy thread to right hand shoulder)
......gothrāNām (recite Father's Gothrā), .......sharmanām (recite Father's Name), vasu rudra aditya svarūpānām asmath pithru pithāmaha prapitāmahānāM (recite those not having mother
) māthru pithāmahī prapithāmahīnām (recite those having mother) Pithāmahī, Pithu:Pithāmahī Pithu:Prapithāmahīnām (Mother's Gothrā should be recited)
..... gothrānām ........dānām(recite Mother's name), vasu rudra Adhitya svarūpānām asmath sapatnīka mātāmaha māthup pithāmaha māthup prapithāmahānām ubhayavamsa pithrunām akshayya thrupthyarTham

*(if you are doing only tharpanam then recite) Shadashīthi PuNyakāle Kumbha Ravi Sankramana Shrāddham thila tharpana rūpena adhya karishye*

*(if you are doing HiranyaSrādhham then recite) Shadashīthi PuNyakāle Kumbha Ravi Sankramana Shrāddham hiraNya rūpena adhya karishye - thathangam thila tharpana rūpena adhya karishye.*

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