Pitru Paksha begins 2099 in Diffa, Niger Shraddha muhurat 13:11–15:36, Tue 29 Sep
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When is Pitru Paksha begins 2099 in Diffa?
Tuesday 29 September
Ashwina Krishna Pratipada (purnimanta) · Bhadrapada Krishna Pratipada (amanta)
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Why is Pitru Paksha begins on Tue 29 Sep in Diffa?
Pitru Paksha begins is on Tue 29 Sep: Pratipada holds all of aparahna that day.
Pratipada holds all of aparahna, 13:11–15:36. Pratipada: 11:47 to 14:21 Wed.
Pratipada holds aparahna only until 14:21; then Dwitiya. Pratipada: 11:47 Tue to 14:21.
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 began at 11:47 on Tue 29 Sep, before that day’s aparahna, and ended at 14:21 on Wed 30 Sep, partway into the next. The Nirnayasindhu takes the day Pratipada fills: Tue 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.