Janmashtami 1970 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 23 Aug or Mon 24 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1970 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Sunday 23 August
Vaishnava
Monday 24 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 23 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 23 August
Vaishnava · Monday 24 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 23 Aug or Mon 24 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 23 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:09 Mon–00:54 Mon. Ashtami: 14:14 to 14:05 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 14:05; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 14:14 on Sun 23 Aug to 14:05 on Mon 24 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:09 Mon–00:54 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 24 Aug, at 06:12. 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.