Pitru Paksha begins 2011 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Shraddha muhurat 13:13–15:35, Mon 12 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2011 in Maclear?
Monday 12 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 12 Sep in MaclearPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Mon 12 Sep in Maclear?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Mon 12 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:13–15:35. Pratipada: 11:26 to 13:30 Tue.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 13:30; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 11:26 Mon to 13:30.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 began at 11:26 on Mon 12 Sep, before that day’s aparahna, and ended at 13:30 on Tue 13 Sep, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day Pratipada fills: Mon 12 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.