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.

13-2-2026 (FRIDAY)

ShadaShīthi New Month

Kumbha Makara Ravi Sankramana TharpaNam
Kumbha Sankranti Punya Kala - 6:10am to 11:51am
     Duration - 5 hrs 41mins
Kumbha Sankranti Maha Punya Kala - 6:10am to 8:03pm
     Duration - 1 hr 54 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,
Dakshinayane 
Hemanta Rithou
Margashirsha Mase
Krishna Pakshe
Ekadasi upto 5:52pm and then Dwadasi subha thithou
Soumya vasara yukhtayām
Anuradha Nakshatra yukhtayām
Ganda upto 7:56pm and then Vriddhi  nama Yoga
Balava upto 5:52pm and then Kaulava

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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