Janmashtami 1934 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 31 Aug or Sat 1 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Janmashtami 1934 in Sevan?
Smarta
Friday 31 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 1 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Friday 31 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 1 September
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 31 Aug or Sat 1 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 31 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 10:10 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:38–00:22 Sat. Ashtami: 10:10 to 11:20 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 11:20; nishitha is Navami.
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 10:10 on Fri 31 Aug to 11:20 on Sat 1 Sep, so only Friday night’s nishitha (23:38–00:22 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 1 Sep, at 05:26. 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.