Janmashtami 1918 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 28 Aug or Thu 29 Aug

Festival · times in UTC+3

When is Janmashtami 1918 in Sevan?

Smarta

Wednesday 28 August

Vaishnava

Thursday 29 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 28 Aug in Sevan

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Wednesday 28 August

Nishita puja muhurat

23:40 Wed–00:22 Thu

42 min

Vaishnava · Thursday 29 August

Nishita puja muhurat

23:39 Thu–00:22 Fri

43 min

Open in TithikaSee Janmashtami's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Janmashtami on Wed 28 Aug or Thu 29 Aug in Sevan?

Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 28 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 11:10 Wed.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:38–00:20 Thu. Ashtami: 11:10 to 09:47 Thu.

Ashtami ended at 09:47; nishitha is Navami.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Smarta

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 11:10 on Wed 28 Aug to 09:47 on Thu 29 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:38–00:20 Thu) falls within it.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 29 Aug, at 05:21. 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.