Pitru Paksha begins 2035 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:16–15:42, Tue 18 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2035 in Diffa?
Tuesday 18 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 18 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 18 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Mon 17 Sep.
Purnima until 15:23, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 15:23 to 14:53 Tue.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 14:53; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 15:23 Mon to 14:53.
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 15:23 on Mon 17 Sep to 14:53 on Tue 18 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Tue 18 Sep. 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.