# Pitru Paksha Navami Shraddha on Sunday, 4 October 2026-10-04T03:11:12+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Navami Shraddha of Pitru Paksha is being observed on Sunday, 4 October 2026. According to tv9hindi.com and prabhatkhabar.com, the day is also known as Matru Navami, dedicated to offering shraddha for departed female family members. The auspicious timings for the rituals are: Kutup Muhurat from 11:46 am to 12:33 pm, Rohini Muhurat from 12:33 pm to 1:20 pm, and the afternoon period from 1:20 pm to 3:42 pm. Prabhatkhabar.com, citing Pandit Shiv Ji Shastri, specifies that the shraddha is particularly for women who died while their husbands were alive, as well as for mothers, sisters, daughters, or other female relatives whose death date is unknown. The ritual includes tarpan with black sesame seeds and white flowers, pind-daan, and offering food to a Brahmin woman. Pitru Paksha began on 26 September 2026 and will end on Sarvapitri Amavasya, 10 October 2026. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both tv9hindi.com and prabhatkhabar.com provide straight, devotional coverage of Navami Shraddha, listing timings, rituals, and religious significance without any political or ideological slant. Tv9hindi.com focuses on the general importance of the day for all families with a death on the Navami tithi, while prabhatkhabar.com adds a specific priest’s comment that the shraddha is especially for women who died with their husband alive. The coverage is uniform religious reporting, differing only in minor ritual details and the level of specificity. The key factual item to note is that Pitru Paksha concludes on 10 October 2026, the date of Sarvapitri Amavasya. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Straight religious ritual reporting with timings and disclaimer. - prabhatkhabar.com (neutral report) Straight religious ritual reporting with a priest quote. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Matru Navami, Navami Shraddha, Pitru Paksha Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pitru-paksha-navami-shraddha-on-sunday-4-october/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pitru-paksha-navami-shraddha-on-sunday-4-october/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/