Janmashtami 1921 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:48–00:34 Sat, Fri 26 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 1921 in Diffa?
Friday 26 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 26 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 26 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Fri 26 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 00:09 Fri. Ashtami: 00:09 Fri to 23:21 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 21:48–22:34. Ashtami: 00:09 to 23:21.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 00:09 on Fri 26 Aug to 23:21 on Fri 26 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (21:48–22:34) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.