Janmashtami 1966 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Wed 7 Sep or Thu 8 Sep
Festival · times in CET
When is Janmashtami 1966 in Myjava?
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 Myjava?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:26–00:09 Thu. Ashtami: 14:59 to 15:02 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 15:02; 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 14:59 on Wed 7 Sep to 15:02 on Thu 8 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:26–00:09 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 8 Sep, at 05:15. 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.