Pitru Paksha begins 2074 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:22–15:49, Wed 5 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2074 in Diffa?
Wednesday 5 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Wed 5 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Wed 5 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Thu 6 Sep.
Purnima until 14:14, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 14:14 to 14:12 Thu.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 14:12; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 14:14 Wed to 14:12.
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 14:14 on Wed 5 Sep to 14:12 on Thu 6 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Wed 5 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.