Pitru Paksha begins 2019 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:18–15:45, Sat 14 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2019 in Diffa?
Saturday 14 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 14 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 14 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 14 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:18–15:45. Pratipada: 05:32 to 07:54 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 07:54; aparahna is Dwitiya.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 05:32 on Sat 14 Sep to 07:54 on Sun 15 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (13:18–15:45) 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.