Janmashtami 1971 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Thu 12 Aug or Fri 13 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1971 in Ipameri?
Smarta
Thursday 12 August
Vaishnava
Friday 13 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 12 August
Vaishnava · Friday 13 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 12 Aug or Fri 13 Aug in Ipameri?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 12 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:52–00:42 Fri. Ashtami: 20:53 to 19:03 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 19:03; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 20:53 on Thu 12 Aug to 19:03 on Fri 13 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:52–00:42 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 13 Aug, at 06:33. 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.