Pitru Paksha begins 2021 in Tactic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Shraddha muhurat 13:07–15:32, Tue 21 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2021 in Tactic?
Tuesday 21 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 21 Sep in TacticPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 21 Sep in Tactic?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 21 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 17:54. Pratipada: 17:54 to 18:22 Tue.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:07–15:32. Pratipada: 17:54 Mon to 18:22.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 17:54 on Mon 20 Sep to 18:22 on Tue 21 Sep, so only Tuesday’s aparahna (13:07–15:32) 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.