Janmashtami 1920 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep
Festival · times in EET
When is Janmashtami 1920 in Sofia?
Smarta
Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava
Monday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava · Monday 6 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep in Sofia?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 10:02 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:03 Mon–00:47 Mon. Ashtami: 10:02 to 08:02 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 08:02; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 10:02 on Sun 5 Sep to 08:02 on Mon 6 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:03 Mon–00:47 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 6 Sep, at 05:56. 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.