Pitru Paksha begins 1901 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 12:12–14:37, Sat 28 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1901 in Diffa?
Saturday 28 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 28 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 28 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 28 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 12:21–14:45. Pratipada: 05:44 to 02:26 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 02:26; aparahna is Dwitiya.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). Band: the tithi. Box: Aparahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
The first shraddha of Pitru Paksha is done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day. Pratipada runs from 05:44 on Sat 28 Sep to 02:26 on Sun 29 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (12:21–14:45) falls within it. No text giving Pitru Paksha begins’s time was found; aparahna is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
The first shraddha of Pitru Paksha is done in aparahna, the fourth fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose aparahna Pratipada holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.