Janmashtami 1911 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Wed 16 Aug or Thu 17 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1911 in Davinópolis?
Smarta
Wednesday 16 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 17 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 16 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 17 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 16 Aug or Thu 17 Aug in Davinópolis?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 16 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:15 Thu–01:03 Thu. Ashtami: 22:28 to 20:39 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 20:39; 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 22:28 on Wed 16 Aug to 20:39 on Thu 17 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:15 Thu–01:03 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 17 Aug, at 06:41. 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.