Janmashtami 1943 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 22 Aug or Mon 23 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+3
When is Janmashtami 1943 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 22 August
Vaishnava
Monday 23 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 22 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 22 August
Vaishnava · Monday 23 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 22 Aug or Mon 23 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 22 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 06:53 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:42–00:24 Mon. Ashtami: 06:53 to 07:26 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 07:26; 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 06:53 on Sun 22 Aug to 07:26 on Mon 23 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:42–00:24 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 23 Aug, at 05:17. 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.