Shradham near Marriage Date. Advise?

I SHALL BE THANKFUL IF YOU COULD CLARIFY WHETHER THE 9 MONTH’S SOTHAMBAM & MAASIYAM CAN BE PERFORMED WHICH FALL ON 24 & 25 MAY RESPECTIVELY AS OUR DAUGHTER’S WEDDING SCHEDULED ON 29TH, MAY 2015. IF NOT, CAN WE PERFORM THE RITUALS IN THE NEXT THITHI DAY.
K.PANCHU

Sri:
Dear Sir,
Nothing harm will happen to marriage or married couple by doing marriages nearest dates to Masikam or shradham.
But there is a practice to avoid fixing marriage dates nearby shradham period, because many ‘niyamams’ have to be broken if done like that.
For example, the shradha kartha should not take bhojanam outside from one month before shradham.
See the pdf given, it contains all conditions about shradham (Dharma shastram Shradhdha Khandam).
You can not see any such points in it. Check item no. 26 in which the paranna niyamam described for kartha.
Bhagavan (God) and pitrus will not be happy if the karma is skipped without doing for this reason.
Also, everyone should remember, a shradham is done on every subha karyam including marriage in the name of “naandhi shradham”.

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