Janmashtami 1989 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 23 Aug or Thu 24 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Janmashtami 1989 in Sevan?
Smarta
Wednesday 23 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 24 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 23 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 24 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 23 Aug or Thu 24 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 23 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 12:39 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:41 Thu–02:23 Thu. Ashtami: 12:39 to 10:46 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 10:46; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 12:39 on Wed 23 Aug to 10:46 on Thu 24 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (01:41 Thu–02:23 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 24 Aug, at 07:19. 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.