Janmashtami 1911 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Wed 16 Aug or Thu 17 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1911 in Ipameri?
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 Ipameri?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 16 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:45–00:35 Thu. Ashtami: 21:55 to 20:06 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 20:06; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:55 Wed to 20:06.
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 21:55 on Wed 16 Aug to 20:06 on Thu 17 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:45–00:35 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 17 Aug, at 06:24. 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.