Janmashtami 2001 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:11–00:56 Mon, Sun 12 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2001 in Pāthardi?
Sunday 12 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 12 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 12 Aug in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Sun 12 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 01:10 Sun. Ashtami: 01:10 Sun to 01:25 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:11 Mon–00:56 Mon. Ashtami: 01:10 to 01:25 Mon.
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 01:10 on Sun 12 Aug to 01:25 on Mon 13 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:11 Mon–00:56 Mon) 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.