Janmashtami 1982 in Midleton, Munster, Ireland Wed 11 Aug or Thu 12 Aug
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1982 in Midleton?
Smarta
Wednesday 11 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 12 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 11 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 12 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 11 Aug or Thu 12 Aug in Midleton?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 11 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:20 Thu–01:56 Thu. Ashtami: 00:54 Thu to 23:16 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 23:16; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 00:54 to 23:16.
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 00:54 on Thu 12 Aug to 23:16 on Thu 12 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (01:20 Thu–01:56 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 12 Aug, at 06:11. 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.