Pitru Paksha begins 1915 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:34–15:59, Fri 24 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1915 in Pāthardi?
Friday 24 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 24 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 24 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 24 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Thu 23 Sep.
Purnima until 15:04, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 15:04 to 15:16 Fri.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 15:16; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 15:04 Thu to 15:16.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 15:04 on Thu 23 Sep to 15:16 on Fri 24 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Fri 24 Sep. 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.