Janmashtami 1990 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Sun 12 Aug or Mon 13 Aug
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 1990 in Mapleton?
Smarta
Sunday 12 August
Vaishnava
Monday 13 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Sunday 12 August
Vaishnava · Monday 13 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 12 Aug or Mon 13 Aug in Mapleton?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 12 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:11 Mon–01:51 Mon. Ashtami: 23:01 to 20:45 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 20:45; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 23:01 on Sun 12 Aug to 20:45 on Mon 13 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (01:11 Mon–01:51 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 13 Aug, at 06:35. 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.