Janmashtami 1973 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Mon 20 Aug or Tue 21 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1973 in Ipameri?
Smarta
Monday 20 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 21 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 20 Aug in IpameriJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 20 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 21 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 20 Aug or Tue 21 Aug in Ipameri?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 20 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:51–00:40 Tue. Ashtami: 20:16 to 18:23 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 18:23; 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 20:16 on Mon 20 Aug to 18:23 on Tue 21 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:51–00:40 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 21 Aug, at 06:28. 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.