Janmashtami 1998 in Olean, New York, United States Nishita puja muhurat 00:58–01:38 Sat, Fri 14 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 1998 in Olean?
Friday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 14 Aug in OleanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 14 Aug in Olean?
Janmashtami is on Fri 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:54 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:58 Sat–01:38 Sat. Ashtami: 04:54 to 02:46 Sat.
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 04:54 on Fri 14 Aug to 02:46 on Sat 15 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:58 Sat–01:38 Sat) falls within it. 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.