Pitru Paksha begins 2013 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 13:24–15:51, Fri 20 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2013 in Baoding?
Friday 20 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 20 Sep in BaodingPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 20 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 20 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 19:12.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:24–15:51. Pratipada: 19:12 Thu to 17:45.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). 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 19:12 on Thu 19 Sep to 17:45 on Fri 20 Sep, so only Friday’s aparahna (13:24–15:51) 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.