Pitru Paksha begins 1972 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:14–15:39, Sat 23 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1972 in Diffa?
Saturday 23 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 23 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 23 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 23 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:14–15:39. Pratipada: 05:06 to 02:05 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 02:05; aparahna is Dwitiya.
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 05:06 on Sat 23 Sep to 02:05 on Sun 24 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (13:14–15:39) 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.