Pitru Paksha begins 1997 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Shraddha muhurat 15:08–17:37, Wed 17 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Pitru Paksha begins 1997 in Sevan?
Wednesday 17 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 17 Sep in SevanPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 17 Sep in Sevan?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 17 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 23:50.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 15:08–17:37. Pratipada: 23:50 Tue to 20:05.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+5). 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 23:50 on Tue 16 Sep to 20:05 on Wed 17 Sep, so only Wednesday’s aparahna (15:08–17:37) 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.