Pitru Paksha begins 2029 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:14–15:39, Sun 23 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2029 in Diffa?
Sunday 23 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 23 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 23 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 23 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 17:29. Pratipada: 17:29 to 19:29 Sun.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:14–15:39. Pratipada: 17:29 Sat to 19:29.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 17:29 on Sat 22 Sep to 19:29 on Sun 23 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:14–15:39) 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.