Janmashtami 2002 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Fri 30 Aug or Sat 31 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2002 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Friday 30 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 30 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 30 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 31 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 30 Aug or Sat 31 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 30 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Sat–00:52 Sat. Ashtami: 19:15 to 20:36 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 20:36; 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 19:15 on Fri 30 Aug to 20:36 on Sat 31 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:06 Sat–00:52 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 31 Aug, at 06:13. 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.