Janmashtami 1982 in Bothell, Washington, United States Wed 11 Aug or Thu 12 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 1982 in Bothell?
Smarta
Wednesday 11 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 12 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 11 Aug in BothellJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Wednesday 11 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 12 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 11 Aug or Thu 12 Aug in Bothell?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 11 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:55 Thu–01:33 Thu. Ashtami: 16:54 to 15:16 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 15:16; 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 16:54 on Wed 11 Aug to 15:16 on Thu 12 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:55 Thu–01:33 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 12 Aug, at 05:59. 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.