Janmashtami 1955 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Wed 10 Aug or Thu 11 Aug
Festival · times in CET
When is Janmashtami 1955 in Myjava?
Smarta
Wednesday 10 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 11 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 10 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 11 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 10 Aug or Thu 11 Aug in Myjava?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 10 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:36–00:13 Thu. Ashtami: 16:29 to 14:32 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 14:32; nishitha is Navami.
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 16:29 on Wed 10 Aug to 14:32 on Thu 11 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:36–00:13 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 11 Aug, at 04:35. 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.