Pitru Paksha begins 2004 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:12–15:36, Tue 28 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2004 in Diffa?
Tuesday 28 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 28 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 28 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Wed 29 Sep.
Purnima until 14:09, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 14:09 to 13:32 Wed.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 13:32; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 14:09 Tue to 13:32.
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 14:09 on Tue 28 Sep to 13:32 on Wed 29 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Tue 28 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.