Janmashtami 1980 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Mon 1 Sep or Tue 2 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1980 in Sevan?
Smarta
Monday 1 September
Vaishnava
Tuesday 2 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 1 Sep in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 1 September
Vaishnava · Tuesday 2 September
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 1 Sep or Tue 2 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 1 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 10:57 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:38 Tue–01:21 Tue. Ashtami: 10:57 to 09:26 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 09:26; 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 10:57 on Mon 1 Sep to 09:26 on Tue 2 Sep, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:38 Tue–01:21 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 2 Sep, at 06:27. 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.