Janmashtami 1981 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:49–00:35 Sun, Sat 22 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 1981 in Diffa?
Saturday 22 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 22 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 22 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Sat 22 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:23 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:49–00:35 Sun. Ashtami: 04:23 to 02:08 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 04:23 on Sat 22 Aug to 02:08 on Sun 23 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:49–00:35 Sun) 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.