Janmashtami 1978 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Thu 24 Aug or Fri 25 Aug
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 1978 in Mapleton?
Smarta
Thursday 24 August
Vaishnava
Friday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 24 August
Vaishnava · Friday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 24 Aug or Fri 25 Aug in Mapleton?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:07 Fri–01:50 Fri. Ashtami: 17:42 to 19:02 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 19:02; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 17:42 on Thu 24 Aug to 19:02 on Fri 25 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (01:07 Fri–01:50 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 25 Aug, at 06:47. 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.