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.

15-2-2026 (SUNDAY)

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Meenam Makara Ravi Sankramana TharpaNam
Meenam Sankranti Punya Kala - 5:46am to 11:46am
     Duration - 6 hrs 00mins
Meenam Sankranti Maha Punya Kala - 5:46am to 7:46am
     Duration - 2 hrs 00 mins
Kumbha Sankranti Moment : 4:14am

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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 –

Visuvavasu nama samvathsare,
Uttarayane 
Sisira Rithou
Meenam Mase
Krishna Pakshe
Ekadasi upto 9:16am and then Dwadasi subha thithou
Bhanu vasara yukhtayām
Shravana Nakshatra yukhtayām
Parigha upto 10:25am and then Shiva

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 Meenam Ravi Sankramana Shrāddham thila tharpana rūpena adhya karishye*

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

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