Pitru Paksha begins 1996 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:12–15:37, Fri 27 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1996 in Diffa?
Friday 27 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 27 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 27 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 27 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:12–15:37. Pratipada: 03:50 to 01:25 Sat.
Pratipada ended at 01:25; 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 03:50 on Fri 27 Sep to 01:25 on Sat 28 Sep, so only Friday’s aparahna (13:12–15:37) 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.