Janmashtami 1998 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Fri 14 Aug or Sat 15 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 1998 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Friday 14 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 15 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 14 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 14 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 15 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 14 Aug or Sat 15 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:11 Sat–00:56 Sat. Ashtami: 14:24 to 12:16 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 12:16; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 14:24 on Fri 14 Aug to 12:16 on Sat 15 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:11 Sat–00:56 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 15 Aug, at 06:09. 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.