Janmashtami 1981 in Bothell, Washington, United States Fri 21 Aug or Sat 22 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 1981 in Bothell?
Smarta
Friday 21 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 22 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 21 Aug in BothellJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 21 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 22 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 21 Aug or Sat 22 Aug in Bothell?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:51 Sat–01:32 Sat. Ashtami: 20:23 to 18:08 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 18:08; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 20:23 on Fri 21 Aug to 18:08 on Sat 22 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:51 Sat–01:32 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 22 Aug, at 06:13. 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.