Janmashtami 1921 in Temascal, Oaxaca, Mexico Thu 25 Aug or Fri 26 Aug
Festival · times in MST
When is Janmashtami 1921 in Temascal?
Smarta
Thursday 25 August
Vaishnava
Friday 26 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 25 August
Vaishnava · Friday 26 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 25 Aug or Fri 26 Aug in Temascal?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 25 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:28–00:13 Fri. Ashtami: 18:33 to 17:44 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 17:44; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 18:33 on Thu 25 Aug to 17:44 on Fri 26 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:28–00:13 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 26 Aug, at 05:33. 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.