Pitru Paksha begins 1997 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Shraddha muhurat 13:38–16:04, Wed 17 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 1997 in Finote Selam?
Wednesday 17 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 17 Sep in Finote SelamPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 17 Sep in Finote Selam?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 17 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 21:50.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:38–16:04. Pratipada: 21:50 Tue to 18:05.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 21:50 on Tue 16 Sep to 18:05 on Wed 17 Sep, so only Wednesday’s aparahna (13:38–16:04) 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.