Janmashtami 1913 in Olean, New York, United States Sun 24 Aug or Mon 25 Aug
Festival · times in EST
When is Janmashtami 1913 in Olean?
Smarta
Sunday 24 August
Vaishnava
Monday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 24 Aug in OleanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 24 August
Vaishnava · Monday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 24 Aug or Mon 25 Aug in Olean?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 06:55 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:55–00:37 Mon. Ashtami: 06:55 to 07:27 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 07:27; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 06:55 on Sun 24 Aug to 07:27 on Mon 25 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:55–00:37 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 25 Aug, at 05:30. 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.