Pitru Paksha begins 2011 in Midleton, Munster, Ireland Shraddha muhurat 14:46–17:20, Mon 12 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2011 in Midleton?
Monday 12 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 12 Sep in MidletonPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Mon 12 Sep in Midleton?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Mon 12 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 14:46–17:20. Pratipada: 10:26 to 12:30 Tue.
Pratipada ended at 12:30; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 10:26 Mon to 12:30.
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 10:26 on Mon 12 Sep to 12:30 on Tue 13 Sep, so only Monday’s aparahna (14:46–17:20) 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.