Pitru Paksha begins 2025 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Shraddha muhurat 14:41–17:14, Mon 8 Sep
Festival · times in EEST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2025 in Sofia?
Monday 8 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 8 Sep in SofiaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Mon 8 Sep in Sofia?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Mon 8 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 21:08.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 14:41–17:14. Pratipada: 21:08 Sun to 18:42.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). 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 21:08 on Sun 7 Sep to 18:42 on Mon 8 Sep, so only Monday’s aparahna (14:41–17:14) 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.