Pitru Paksha begins 2068 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:38–16:06, Wed 12 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2068 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 12 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 12 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 12 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 12 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 22:50.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:38–16:06. Pratipada: 22:50 Tue to 18:55.
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 22:50 on Tue 11 Sep to 18:55 on Wed 12 Sep, so only Wednesday’s aparahna (13:38–16:06) 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.