Pitru Paksha begins 2021 in Mapo, Jiangsu, China Shraddha muhurat 13:17–15:43, Tue 21 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2021 in Mapo?
Tuesday 21 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 21 Sep in MapoPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 21 Sep in Mapo?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 21 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:17–15:43. Pratipada: 07:54 to 08:22 Wed.
Pratipada ended at 08:22; aparahna is Dwitiya.
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 07:54 on Tue 21 Sep to 08:22 on Wed 22 Sep, so only Tuesday’s aparahna (13:17–15:43) 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.