Pitru Paksha begins 2097 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Shraddha muhurat 13:34–15:59, Sun 22 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Pitru Paksha begins 2097 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 22 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 22 Sep in PāthardiPitru Paksha begins Shraddha muhurat: what time?
Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Sun 22 Sep in Pāthardi?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Sun 22 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day, and no other.
Aparahna is Purnima; Pratipada begins at 18:32. Pratipada: 18:32 to 17:57 Sun.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:34–15:59. Pratipada: 18:32 Sat to 17:57.
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 18:32 on Sat 21 Sep to 17:57 on Sun 22 Sep, so only Sunday’s aparahna (13:34–15:59) 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.