Janmashtami 2000 in Bothell, Washington, United States Mon 21 Aug or Tue 22 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 2000 in Bothell?
Smarta
Monday 21 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 22 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 21 Aug in BothellJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 21 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 22 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 21 Aug or Tue 22 Aug in Bothell?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:51 Tue–01:32 Tue. Ashtami: 00:33 Tue to 23:00 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 23:00; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 00:33 to 23:00.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 00:33 on Tue 22 Aug to 23:00 on Tue 22 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:51 Tue–01:32 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 22 Aug, at 06:14. 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.