Janmashtami 1975 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 29 Aug or Sat 30 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1975 in Sevan?
Smarta
Friday 29 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 30 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Friday 29 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 30 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 29 Aug or Sat 30 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 29 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:39 Sat–01:22 Sat. Ashtami: 14:54 to 15:33 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 15:33; 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 14:54 on Fri 29 Aug to 15:33 on Sat 30 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:39 Sat–01:22 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 30 Aug, at 06:24. 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.