Janmashtami 1983 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:06–00:52 Thu, Wed 31 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1983 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 31 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 31 Aug in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Wed 31 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 05:09 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Thu–00:52 Thu. Ashtami: 05:09 to 04:24 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 05:09 on Wed 31 Aug to 04:24 on Thu 1 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:06 Thu–00:52 Thu) 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.