Janmashtami 1978 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:08–00:54 Sat, Fri 25 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1978 in Pāthardi?
Friday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Fri 25 Aug in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Fri 25 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 05:12 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:08 Sat–00:54 Sat. Ashtami: 05:12 to 06:32 Sat.
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 05:12 on Fri 25 Aug to 06:32 on Sat 26 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:08 Sat–00:54 Sat) 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.