Pitru Paksha begins 2016 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Shraddha muhurat 14:08–16:36, Sat 17 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2016 in Sevan?
Saturday 17 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 17 Sep in SevanPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 17 Sep in Sevan?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 17 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 23:05.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 14:08–16:36. Pratipada: 23:05 Fri to 20:04.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). 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 23:05 on Fri 16 Sep to 20:04 on Sat 17 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (14:08–16:36) 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.