Pitru Paksha begins 2000 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Shraddha muhurat 14:34–17:01, Wed 13 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2000 in Temascal?
Wednesday 13 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 13 Sep in Temascal?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 13 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Thu 14 Sep.
Purnima until 14:36, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 14:36 to 15:01 Thu.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 15:01; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 14:36 Wed to 15:01.
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 14:36 on Wed 13 Sep to 15:01 on Thu 14 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Wed 13 Sep. 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.