Janmashtami 1994 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:07–00:53 Tue, Mon 29 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1994 in Pāthardi?
Monday 29 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Mon 29 Aug in Pāthardi?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Mon 29 Aug: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:07 Mon–00:53 Mon. Ashtami: 22:56 to 01:19 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:07 Tue–00:53 Tue. Ashtami: 22:56 Sun to 01:19 Tue.
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 22:56 on Sun 28 Aug to 01:19 on Tue 30 Aug, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 29 Aug. Every reading takes that day.
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.