Janmashtami 1990 in Baoding, Hebei, China Mon 13 Aug or Tue 14 Aug
Festival · times in CDT
When is Janmashtami 1990 in Baoding?
Smarta
Monday 13 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Monday 13 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 14 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 13 Aug or Tue 14 Aug in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 13 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 14:01 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:02 Tue–01:43 Tue. Ashtami: 14:01 to 11:45 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 11:45; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 14:01 on Mon 13 Aug to 11:45 on Tue 14 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (01:02 Tue–01:43 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 14 Aug, at 06:29. 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.