Janmashtami 1983 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:46–00:33 Thu, Wed 31 Aug
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When is Janmashtami 1983 in Diffa?
Wednesday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 31 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 31 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Wed 31 Aug: Ashtami touches nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 00:39 Wed. Ashtami: 00:39 Wed to 23:54 Wed.
Ashtami holds nishitha only until 23:54; then Navami. Ashtami: 00:39 to 23:54.
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 00:39 on Wed 31 Aug to 23:54 on Wed 31 Aug, so it touches only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:46–00:33 Thu). 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.