Pitru Paksha begins 2015 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:32–15:56, Mon 28 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2015 in Pāthardi?
Monday 28 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 28 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Mon 28 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Mon 28 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:32–15:56. Pratipada: 08:20 to 04:34 Tue.
Pratipada ended at 04:34; aparahna is Dwitiya.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 08:20 on Mon 28 Sep to 04:34 on Tue 29 Sep, so only Monday’s aparahna (13:32–15:56) 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.