Janmashtami 1995 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 17 Aug or Fri 18 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 1995 in Sevan?
Smarta
Thursday 17 August
Vaishnava
Friday 18 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 17 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 17 August
Vaishnava · Friday 18 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 17 Aug or Fri 18 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 17 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:43 Fri–01:24 Fri. Ashtami: 18:02 to 20:10 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 20:10; 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 18:02 on Thu 17 Aug to 20:10 on Fri 18 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:43 Fri–01:24 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 18 Aug, at 06:12. 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.