Pitru Paksha begins 2040 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:15–15:40, Fri 21 Sep
Festival · times in WAT
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2040 in Diffa?
Friday 21 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 21 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Fri 21 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Fri 21 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 18:42.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:15–15:40. Pratipada: 18:42 Thu to 16:21.
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 18:42 on Thu 20 Sep to 16:21 on Fri 21 Sep, so only Friday’s aparahna (13:15–15:40) 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.