Pitru Paksha begins 1920 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Shraddha muhurat 13:11–15:38, Tue 28 Sep
Festival · times in SAST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1920 in Maclear?
Tuesday 28 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 28 Sep in MaclearPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 28 Sep in Maclear?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 28 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:11–15:38. Pratipada: 03:56 to 03:00 Wed.
Pratipada ended at 03:00; aparahna is Dwitiya.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 03:56 on Tue 28 Sep to 03:00 on Wed 29 Sep, so only Tuesday’s aparahna (13:11–15:38) 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.