Pitru Paksha begins 1975 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:35–16:01, Sun 21 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1975 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 21 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 21 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 21 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 21 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 17:20. Pratipada: 17:20 to 19:49 Sun.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:35–16:01. Pratipada: 17:20 Sat to 19:49.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 17:20 on Sat 20 Sep to 19:49 on Sun 21 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:35–16:01) 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.