Pitru Paksha begins 1939 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 13:19–15:42, Fri 29 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1939 in Baoding?
Friday 29 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 29 Sep in BaodingPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 29 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 29 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 22:27.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:19–15:42. Pratipada: 22:27 Thu to 00:16 Sat.
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 22:27 on Thu 28 Sep to 00:16 on Sat 30 Sep, so only Friday’s aparahna (13:19–15:42) 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.