Janmashtami 1974 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sat 10 Aug or Sun 11 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1974 in Sevan?
Smarta
Saturday 10 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 11 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 10 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Saturday 10 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 11 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 10 Aug or Sun 11 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 10 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:45 Sun–01:25 Sun. Ashtami: 18:52 to 18:28 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 18:28; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 18:52 on Sat 10 Aug to 18:28 on Sun 11 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:45 Sun–01:25 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 11 Aug, at 06:06. 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.