Janmashtami 2003 in Atliaca, Guerrero, Mexico Nishita puja muhurat 01:18–02:03 Wed, Tue 19 Aug
Festival · times in CDT
When is Janmashtami 2003 in Atliaca?
Tuesday 19 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 19 Aug in AtliacaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 19 Aug in Atliaca?
Janmashtami is on Tue 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 06:31 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:18 Wed–02:03 Wed. Ashtami: 06:31 to 09:03 Wed.
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 06:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 09:03 on Wed 20 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (01:18 Wed–02:03 Wed) 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.