Pitru Paksha begins 1940 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 14:26–16:55, Tue 17 Sep
Festival · times in CDT
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1940 in Baoding?
Tuesday 17 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 17 Sep in BaodingPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 17 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 17 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 23:40.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 14:26–16:55. Pratipada: 23:40 Mon to 02:12 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). 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 23:40 on Mon 16 Sep to 02:12 on Wed 18 Sep, so only Tuesday’s aparahna (14:26–16:55) 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.