Janmashtami 1920 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep
Festival · times in TMT
When is Janmashtami 1920 in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta
Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava
Monday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 5 Sep in ChahārbāghJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava · Monday 6 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 11:28 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:38–00:23 Mon. Ashtami: 11:28 to 09:28 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 09:28; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:25). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 11:28 on Sun 5 Sep to 09:28 on Mon 6 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:38–00:23 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 6 Sep, at 05:37. 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.