Janmashtami 1959 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Tue 25 Aug or Wed 26 Aug
Festival · times in CET
When is Janmashtami 1959 in Myjava?
Smarta
Tuesday 25 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 26 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 25 Aug in MyjavaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 25 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 26 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 25 Aug or Wed 26 Aug in Myjava?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 25 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:31–00:12 Wed. Ashtami: 19:49 to 22:15 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 22:15; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 19:49 Tue to 22:15.
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 19:49 on Tue 25 Aug to 22:15 on Wed 26 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:31–00:12 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 26 Aug, at 04:56. 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.