Pitru Paksha begins 1917 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 13:35–16:12, Sun 2 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1917 in Baoding?
Sunday 2 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 2 Sep in BaodingPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 2 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 2 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 20:28.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:35–16:12. Pratipada: 20:28 Sat to 16:34.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 20:28 on Sat 1 Sep to 16:34 on Sun 2 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:35–16:12) 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.