Janmashtami 2003 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Nishita puja muhurat 01:09–01:50 Wed, Tue 19 Aug
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 2003 in Mapleton?
Tuesday 19 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 19 Aug in MapletonJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 19 Aug in Mapleton?
Janmashtami is on Tue 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 05:31 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:09 Wed–01:50 Wed. Ashtami: 05:31 to 08:03 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 05:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 08:03 on Wed 20 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (01:09 Wed–01:50 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.