Janmashtami 1936 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 9 Aug or Mon 10 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Janmashtami 1936 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 9 August
Vaishnava
Monday 10 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 9 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 9 August
Vaishnava · Monday 10 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 9 Aug or Mon 10 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 13:03 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:45–00:25 Mon. Ashtami: 13:03 to 10:59 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 10:59; 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 13:03 on Sun 9 Aug to 10:59 on Mon 10 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:45–00:25 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 10 Aug, at 05:05. 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.