Janmashtami 1921 in Baoding, Hebei, China Fri 26 Aug or Sat 27 Aug
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 1921 in Baoding?
Smarta
Friday 26 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 27 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Friday 26 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 27 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 26 Aug or Sat 27 Aug in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 26 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 09:09 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:58–00:41 Sat. Ashtami: 09:09 to 08:21 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 08:21; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 09:09 on Fri 26 Aug to 08:21 on Sat 27 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (23:58–00:41 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 27 Aug, at 05:41. 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.