Durga Ashtami 2004 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Sunrise 05:20, Thu 21 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Durga Ashtami 2004 in Maclear?
Durga Ashtami Sunrise: what time?
Sunrise
05:20
Why is Durga Ashtami on Thu 21 Oct in Maclear?
Durga Ashtami is on Thu 21 Oct: Ashtami holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 05:21 is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 13:03.
Ashtami at sunrise, 05:20. Ashtami: 13:03 Wed to 10:57.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise. Ashtami runs from 13:03 on Wed 20 Oct to 10:57 on Thu 21 Oct, so it holds sunrise only on Thu 21 Oct, at 05:20. No text giving Durga Ashtami’s time was found; sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashwina Shukla Ashtami
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise.
- Smarta
- the day Ashtami holds at sunrise: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.