Janmashtami 1903 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Sat 15 Aug or Sun 16 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1903 in Davinópolis?
Smarta
Saturday 15 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Saturday 15 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 16 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 15 Aug or Sun 16 Aug in Davinópolis?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 15 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:15 Sun–01:04 Sun. Ashtami: 15:11 to 14:15 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 14:15; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 15:11 on Sat 15 Aug to 14:15 on Sun 16 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:15 Sun–01:04 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 16 Aug, at 06:42. Reading the Vaishnava rule by sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta.
- Smarta
- the night whose nishitha Ashtami holds; when it touches both or neither, the later (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- a Ashtami that Saptami does not pierce, read at sunrise: Tithika’s convention.