Janmashtami 1994 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 28 Aug or Mon 29 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1994 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 28 August
Vaishnava
Monday 29 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 28 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 28 August
Vaishnava · Monday 29 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 28 Aug or Mon 29 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 28 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:39 Mon–01:22 Mon. Ashtami: 21:26 to 23:49 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 23:49; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:26 Sun to 23:49.
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 21:26 on Sun 28 Aug to 23:49 on Mon 29 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:39 Mon–01:22 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 29 Aug, at 06:23. 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.