Janmashtami 1985 in Codcod, Western Visayas, Philippines Sat 7 Sep or Sun 8 Sep
Festival · times in PST
When is Janmashtami 1985 in Codcod?
Smarta
Saturday 7 September
Vaishnava
Sunday 8 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Saturday 7 September
Vaishnava · Sunday 8 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 7 Sep or Sun 8 Sep in Codcod?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:10 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:21–00:08 Sun. Ashtami: 07:10 to 09:12 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 09:12; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 07:10 on Sat 7 Sep to 09:12 on Sun 8 Sep, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:21–00:08 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 8 Sep, at 05:37. 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.