Pitru Paksha begins 2042 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:31–15:55, Mon 29 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2042 in Pāthardi?
Monday 29 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 29 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Mon 29 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Mon 29 Sep: Pratipada touches aparahna on neither day, and the earlier day is taken.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 16:04. Pratipada: 16:04 to 12:21 Tue.
Pratipada ended at 12:21; aparahna is Dwitiya. Pratipada: 16:04 Mon to 12:21.
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 16:04 on Mon 29 Sep to 12:21 on Tue 30 Sep, between the two days’ aparahna, touching neither. The Nirnayasindhu then takes the earlier day: Mon 29 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.