Pitru Paksha begins 2029 in Devarshola, Tamil Nadu Shraddha muhurat 13:29–15:54, Sun 23 Sep
Tamil Nadu, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2029 in Devarshola?
Sunday 23 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 23 Sep in DevarsholaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 23 Sep in Devarshola?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 23 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 21:59.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:29–15:54. Pratipada: 21:59 Sat to 23:59.
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 21:59 on Sat 22 Sep to 23:59 on Sun 23 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:29–15:54) 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.