Janmashtami 1996 in Myjava, Trenčín Region, Slovakia Wed 4 Sep or Thu 5 Sep
Festival · times in CEST
When is Janmashtami 1996 in Myjava?
Smarta
Wednesday 4 September
Vaishnava
Thursday 5 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 4 September
Vaishnava · Thursday 5 September
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 4 Sep or Thu 5 Sep in Myjava?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 4 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 08:33 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:27 Thu–01:10 Thu. Ashtami: 08:33 to 09:47 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 09:47; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 08:33 on Wed 4 Sep to 09:47 on Thu 5 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:27 Thu–01:10 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 5 Sep, 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.