Janmashtami 1966 in Baoding, Hebei, China Wed 7 Sep or Thu 8 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 1966 in Baoding?
Smarta
Wednesday 7 September
Vaishnava
Thursday 8 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 7 September
Vaishnava · Thursday 8 September
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 7 Sep or Thu 8 Sep in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:53–00:38 Thu. Ashtami: 21:59 to 22:02 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 22:02; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:59 Wed to 22:02.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 21:59 on Wed 7 Sep to 22:02 on Thu 8 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:53–00:38 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 8 Sep, at 05:52. 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.