Janmashtami 1985 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:44–00:30 Sun, Sat 7 Sep
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 1985 in Diffa?
Saturday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 7 Sep in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 7 Sep in Diffa?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Sat 7 Sep: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Saptami until 00:10 Sat, inside nishitha; then Ashtami. Ashtami: 00:10 Sat to 02:12 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:44–00:30 Sun. Ashtami: 00:10 to 02:12 Sun.
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 00:10 on Sat 7 Sep to 02:12 on Sun 8 Sep, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Sat 7 Sep. 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.