Janmashtami 1991 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 1 Sep or Mon 2 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1991 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Sunday 1 September
Vaishnava
Monday 2 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 1 Sep in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 1 September
Vaishnava · Monday 2 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 1 Sep or Mon 2 Sep in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 1 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 12:38 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Mon–00:52 Mon. Ashtami: 12:38 to 10:49 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 10:49; 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 12:38 on Sun 1 Sep to 10:49 on Mon 2 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:06 Mon–00:52 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 2 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.