Janmashtami 1985 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:04–00:50 Sun, Sat 7 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1985 in Pāthardi?
Saturday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 7 Sep in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 7 Sep in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Sat 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:40 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:04 Sun–00:50 Sun. Ashtami: 04:40 to 06:42 Sun.
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 04:40 on Sat 7 Sep to 06:42 on Sun 8 Sep, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:04 Sun–00:50 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.