Pitru Paksha begins 2020 in Baoding, Hebei, China Shraddha muhurat 13:35–16:11, Wed 2 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2020 in Baoding?
Wednesday 2 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 2 Sep in Baoding?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 2 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:35–16:11. Pratipada: 13:22 to 14:57 Thu.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 14:57; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 13:22 Wed to 14:57.
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 began at 13:22 on Wed 2 Sep, before that day’s aparahna, and ended at 14:57 on Thu 3 Sep, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day Pratipada fills: Wed 2 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.