Janmashtami 1987 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Sat 15 Aug or Sun 16 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 1987 in Ipameri?
Smarta
Saturday 15 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 15 Aug in IpameriJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Saturday 15 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 16 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 15 Aug or Sun 16 Aug in Ipameri?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 15 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:52–00:42 Sun. Ashtami: 17:05 to 17:54 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 17:54; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 17:05 on Sat 15 Aug to 17:54 on Sun 16 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:52–00:42 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 16 Aug, at 06:31. 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.