Janmashtami 1912 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Tue 3 Sep or Wed 4 Sep
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1912 in Davinópolis?
Smarta
Tuesday 3 September
Vaishnava
Wednesday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 3 September
Vaishnava · Wednesday 4 September
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 3 Sep or Wed 4 Sep in Davinópolis?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 3 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:10 Wed–00:58 Wed. Ashtami: 23:23 to 22:04 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 22:04; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 23:23 Tue to 22:04.
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 23:23 on Tue 3 Sep to 22:04 on Wed 4 Sep, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:10 Wed–00:58 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 4 Sep, at 06:34. 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.