Pitru Paksha begins 2012 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Shraddha muhurat 13:12–15:38, Sun 30 Sep
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2012 in Davinópolis?
Sunday 30 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Sep in DavinópolisPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 30 Sep in Davinópolis?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 30 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 00:18 Sun.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:12–15:38. Pratipada: 00:18 to 01:33 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). 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 00:18 on Sun 30 Sep to 01:33 on Mon 1 Oct, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:12–15:38) 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.