Pitru Paksha begins 1949 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:21–15:49, Wed 7 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1949 in Diffa?
Wednesday 7 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 7 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 7 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 12:21–14:49. Pratipada: 09:59 to 12:09 Thu.
Pratipada ended at 12:09; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 09:59 Wed to 12:09.
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 09:59 on Wed 7 Sep to 12:09 on Thu 8 Sep, so only Wednesday’s aparahna (12:21–14:49) 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.