Janmashtami 1991 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 1 Sep or Mon 2 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1991 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 1 September
Vaishnava
Monday 2 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 1 Sep in SevanJanmashtami 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 Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 1 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 11:08 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:38 Mon–01:22 Mon. Ashtami: 11:08 to 09:19 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 09:19; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 11:08 on Sun 1 Sep to 09:19 on Mon 2 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:38 Mon–01:22 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 2 Sep, at 06:27. 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.