Janmashtami 1986 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Tue 26 Aug or Wed 27 Aug
Festival · times in CEST
When is Janmashtami 1986 in Myjava?
Smarta
Tuesday 26 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 27 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 26 Aug in MyjavaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 26 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 27 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 26 Aug or Wed 27 Aug in Myjava?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 26 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:31 Wed–01:12 Wed. Ashtami: 21:28 to 23:51 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 23:51; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:28 Tue to 23:51.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 21:28 on Tue 26 Aug to 23:51 on Wed 27 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:31 Wed–01:12 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 27 Aug, at 05:58. 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.