Janmashtami 1997 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sun 24 Aug or Mon 25 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Janmashtami 1997 in Sevan?
Smarta
Sunday 24 August
Vaishnava
Monday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 24 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 24 August
Vaishnava · Monday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 24 Aug or Mon 25 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:41 Mon–02:23 Mon. Ashtami: 19:52 to 19:04 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 19:04; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 19:52 on Sun 24 Aug to 19:04 on Mon 25 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (01:41 Mon–02:23 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 25 Aug, at 07:20. 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.