Yearly anniversary of the death

[Guest guest]

Respected friends,

I have a query regarding religious ceremonies to be preformed before completion

of one year of death ie.shraddha.

I would be grateful if the learned members could throw some light on this and

let me know if Shraddha rites are allowed to be conducted on a saturday and the

astrological reason for the same.

With regards,

Jagmeet

PS.I have been asked this question and am expected to give a reply as soon as possible.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jagmeet,

 

The following is to the extent I know. Nearly every

house has its own custom and thus, some of what is

written below need not be applicable to all. I request

the learned here to correct me in case of errors.

 

The basic thing to be done before one year is

completed is the 'maasika' shraddha (monthly). The

reason for this comes from Garuda purana, preta kANDa,

where it is said that the Jiva reaches different

levels in its journey to the yamaloka, which takes one

year to complete. It needs lots of things, 'tila'

being most important.

This mAsika shraddha should be done on the same tithi

as the tithi of death.

It might be difficult to get that time and resources

every month, so the alternative is to do this kind of

shrAddha while doing the 13th day function. 'Pinda'

for all months are given and every month,

'sankalpashrAddha' is done, which takes around 20

mins.

 

Apart from the mAsika shrAddha, 'dAna' can also be

given. 'Go-dana' around the 5th month is considered

good; it is said to mitigate some 'pApa' of the

departed soul. kanyAdana is also good.

 

weekday is no constraint. Saturday is no issue.

However, one should not do shrAddha on Ekadasi. the

reason: shrAddha is offering to your ancestors. They

do not come personally to accept it, but

representatives known as 'pitrudevatas' and

'vishvadevatas' do so. Since devatas also fast on

ekadasi, shraaddha should not be done on that day.

 

Hope this helps. Also, I think you should find

someother list for more details on this question.

 

Regards,

Nomadeva

 

--- jagmeet s dheendsa <jsdheendsa wrote:

>

> Respected friends,

> I have a query regarding religious ceremonies to be

> preformed before

> completion of one year of death ie.shraddha.

> I would be grateful if the learned members could

> throw some light on this

> and let me know if Shraddha rites are allowed to be

> conducted on a

> saturday and the astrological reason for the same.

> With regards,

> Jagmeet

> PS.I have been asked this question and am expected

> to give a reply as

> soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

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