Janmashtami 1978 in Olean, New York, United States Thu 24 Aug or Fri 25 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 1978 in Olean?
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 Olean?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:55 Fri–01:37 Fri. Ashtami: 19:42 to 21:02 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 21:02; 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 19:42 on Thu 24 Aug to 21:02 on Fri 25 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:55 Fri–01:37 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 25 Aug, at 06:31. 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.