Pitru Paksha begins 1968 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Shraddha muhurat 14:40–17:14, Sat 7 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1968 in Mapleton?
Saturday 7 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 7 Sep in MapletonPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 7 Sep in Mapleton?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 7 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Fri 6 Sep.
Purnima until 16:07, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 16:07 to 15:49 Sat.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 15:49; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 16:07 Fri to 15:49.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 16:07 on Fri 6 Sep to 15:49 on Sat 7 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Sat 7 Sep. 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.