Janmashtami 2002 in Baoding, Hebei, China Fri 30 Aug or Sat 31 Aug
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 2002 in Baoding?
Smarta
Friday 30 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Friday 30 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 31 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 30 Aug or Sat 31 Aug in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 30 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:57–00:40 Sat. Ashtami: 21:45 to 23:06 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 23:06; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:45 Fri to 23:06.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 21:45 on Fri 30 Aug to 23:06 on Sat 31 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (23:57–00:40 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 31 Aug, at 05:45. 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.