Lunar month 6 of 12 · Varsha (monsoon)
Bhadrapada Maas भाद्रपद
Bhadrapada, the sixth month, is dominated by the arrival of Ganesha. Its Shukla Chaturthi is Ganesh Chaturthi, opening the ten-day festival that ends with Anant Chaturdashi.
- Presiding deity
- Ganesha
- Season (ritu)
- Varsha (monsoon)
- Order
- Month 6 of 12
Significance
It also carries Hartalika Teej and the Gauri festival, and its dark fortnight becomes Pitru Paksha - the fortnight for honouring one's ancestors through shraddha.
Festivals in Bhadrapada
- Ganesh Chaturthi
- Hartalika Teej
- Jyeshtha Gauri Puja
- Anant Chaturdashi
Observances
A month of grand community worship (the sarvajanik Ganesh pandals) followed by solemn ancestral rites in Pitru Paksha. Auspicious beginnings pause during the ancestral fortnight.