Janmashtami 1932 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 23 Aug or Wed 24 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Janmashtami 1932 in Sevan?
Smarta
Tuesday 23 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 24 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 23 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 24 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 23 Aug or Wed 24 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 23 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:41–00:23 Wed. Ashtami: 21:12 to 23:25 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 23:25; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:12 Tue to 23:25.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 21:12 on Tue 23 Aug to 23:25 on Wed 24 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:41–00:23 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 24 Aug, at 05:18. 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.