Pitru Paksha begins 1946 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 14:29–17:01, Thu 12 Sep
Festival · times in CDT
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1946 in Baoding?
Thursday 12 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 12 Sep in BaodingPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Thu 12 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Thu 12 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 18:59. Pratipada: 18:59 to 17:29 Thu.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 14:29–17:01. Pratipada: 18:59 Wed to 17:29.
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 18:59 on Wed 11 Sep to 17:29 on Thu 12 Sep, so only Thursday’s aparahna (14:29–17:01) 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.