Pitru Paksha begins 2012 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States Shraddha muhurat 13:54–16:15, Sun 30 Sep
Festival · times in PDT
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2012 in Pendleton?
Sunday 30 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 30 Sep in PendletonPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 30 Sep in Pendleton?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 30 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 20:18.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:54–16:15. Pratipada: 20:18 Sat to 21:33.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). 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 20:18 on Sat 29 Sep to 21:33 on Sun 30 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:54–16:15) 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.