Janmashtami 1972 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:46–00:32 Fri, Thu 31 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 1972 in Diffa?
Thursday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 31 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 31 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Thu 31 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:53 Thu. Ashtami: 02:53 Thu to 00:46 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:46–00:32 Fri. Ashtami: 02:53 to 00:46 Fri.
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 02:53 on Thu 31 Aug to 00:46 on Fri 1 Sep, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:46–00:32 Fri) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.