Pitru Paksha begins 1921 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Shraddha muhurat 13:11–15:39, Sat 17 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1921 in Chahārbāgh?
Saturday 17 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Sep in ChahārbāghPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 17 Sep in Chahārbāgh?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 17 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:11–15:39. Pratipada: 10:45 to 12:27 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 12:27; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 10:45 Sat to 12:27.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:25). 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 10:45 on Sat 17 Sep to 12:27 on Sun 18 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (13:11–15:39) 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.