Pitru Paksha begins 2003 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:39–16:07, Thu 11 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2003 in Pāthardi?
Thursday 11 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 11 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Thu 11 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Thu 11 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 22:06.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:39–16:07. Pratipada: 22:06 Wed to 22:42.
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 22:06 on Wed 10 Sep to 22:42 on Thu 11 Sep, so only Thursday’s aparahna (13:39–16:07) 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.