Pitru Paksha begins 1939 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:31–15:56, Fri 29 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1939 in Pāthardi?
Friday 29 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 29 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 29 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 29 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 19:57.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:31–15:56. Pratipada: 19:57 Thu to 21:46.
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 19:57 on Thu 28 Sep to 21:46 on Fri 29 Sep, so only Friday’s aparahna (13:31–15:56) 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.