Pitru Paksha begins 2017 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 13:33–16:07, Wed 6 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2017 in Baoding?
Wednesday 6 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 6 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 6 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Thu 7 Sep.
Purnima until 15:02, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 15:02 to 14:22 Thu.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 14:22; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 15:02 Wed to 14:22.
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 15:02 on Wed 6 Sep to 14:22 on Thu 7 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Wed 6 Sep. 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.