Janmashtami 1985 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Nishita puja muhurat 23:42–00:27 Sun, Sat 7 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+3:30
When is Janmashtami 1985 in Chahārbāgh?
Saturday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 7 Sep in ChahārbāghJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 7 Sep in Chahārbāgh?
Janmashtami is on Sat 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:40 Sat. Ashtami: 02:40 Sat to 04:42 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:42–00:27 Sun. Ashtami: 02:40 to 04:42 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3:30). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:40 on Sat 7 Sep to 04:42 on Sun 8 Sep, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:42–00:27 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.