Pitru Paksha begins 2019 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:38–16:05, Sat 14 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2019 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 14 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 14 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 14 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 14 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:38–16:05. Pratipada: 10:02 to 12:24 Sun.
Pratipada ended at 12:24; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 10:02 Sat to 12:24.
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 10:02 on Sat 14 Sep to 12:24 on Sun 15 Sep, so only Saturday’s aparahna (13:38–16:05) 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.