Janmashtami 1955 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Wed 10 Aug or Thu 11 Aug

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Janmashtami 1955 in Pāthardi?

Smarta

Wednesday 10 August

Vaishnava

Thursday 11 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)

Full panchang for Wed 10 Aug in Pāthardi

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Wednesday 10 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:12–00:56 Thu

44 min

Vaishnava · Thursday 11 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:12–00:56 Fri

44 min

Open in TithikaSee Janmashtami's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Janmashtami on Wed 10 Aug or Thu 11 Aug in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 10 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:12 Thu–00:56 Thu. Ashtami: 20:59 to 19:02 Thu.

Ashtami ended at 19:02; nishitha is Navami.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Smarta

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 20:59 on Wed 10 Aug to 19:02 on Thu 11 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:12 Thu–00:56 Thu) falls within it.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 11 Aug, at 06:08. 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.