Janmashtami 1968 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Thu 15 Aug or Fri 16 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Janmashtami 1968 in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta
Thursday 15 August
Vaishnava
Friday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 15 Aug in ChahārbāghJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 15 August
Vaishnava · Friday 16 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 15 Aug or Fri 16 Aug in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 15 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:50–00:32 Fri. Ashtami: 16:32 to 18:56 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 18:56; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 16:32 on Thu 15 Aug to 18:56 on Fri 16 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:50–00:32 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 16 Aug, at 05:26. 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.