Janmashtami 1999 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 2 Sep or Fri 3 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Janmashtami 1999 in Sevan?
Smarta
Thursday 2 September
Vaishnava
Friday 3 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 2 Sep in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 2 September
Vaishnava · Friday 3 September
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 2 Sep or Fri 3 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 2 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:38 Fri–02:21 Fri. Ashtami: 16:25 to 14:10 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 14:10; 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 16:25 on Thu 2 Sep to 14:10 on Fri 3 Sep, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (01:38 Fri–02:21 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 3 Sep, at 07:28. 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.