Pitru Paksha begins 1948 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:16–15:42, Sat 18 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1948 in Diffa?
Saturday 18 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 18 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 18 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 18 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 12:16–14:42. Pratipada: 09:42 to 11:57 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 11:57; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 09:42 Sat to 11:57.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 09:42 on Sat 18 Sep to 11:57 on Sun 19 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (12:16–14:42) 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.