Janmashtami 1925 in Simrishamn, Skåne, Sweden Mon 10 Aug or Tue 11 Aug
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When is Janmashtami 1925 in Simrishamn?
Smarta
Monday 10 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 11 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 10 Aug in SimrishamnJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 10 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 11 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 10 Aug or Tue 11 Aug in Simrishamn?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 10 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:50–00:25 Tue. Ashtami: 21:56 to 22:36 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 22:36; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:56 Mon to 22:36.
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 21:56 on Mon 10 Aug to 22:36 on Tue 11 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:50–00:25 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 11 Aug, at 04:25. 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.