Pitru Paksha begins 2097 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:15–15:40, Sat 21 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2097 in Diffa?
Saturday 21 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 21 Sep in DiffaPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sat 21 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sat 21 Sep: Pratipada holds more of aparahna that day than on Sun 22 Sep.
Purnima until 14:02, inside aparahna; then Pratipada. Pratipada: 14:02 to 13:27 Sun.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 13:27; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 14:02 Sat to 13:27.
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 14:02 on Sat 21 Sep to 13:27 on Sun 22 Sep, touching aparahna on both days. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day it holds more of: Sat 21 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.