Janmashtami 1988 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Fri 2 Sep or Sat 3 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1988 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Friday 2 September
Vaishnava
Saturday 3 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 2 Sep in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 2 September
Vaishnava · Saturday 3 September
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 2 Sep or Sat 3 Sep in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 2 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:05 Sat–00:51 Sat. Ashtami: 21:34 to 21:17 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 21:17; nishitha is Navami.
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 21:34 on Fri 2 Sep to 21:17 on Sat 3 Sep, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:05 Sat–00:51 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 3 Sep, at 06:14. 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.