Janmashtami 1973 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:09–00:54 Wed, Tue 21 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1973 in Pāthardi?
Tuesday 21 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 21 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 21 Aug in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Tue 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:46 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:09 Wed–00:54 Wed. Ashtami: 04:46 to 02:53 Wed.
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 04:46 on Tue 21 Aug to 02:53 on Wed 22 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:09 Wed–00:54 Wed) 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.