Janmashtami 2003 in Myshkin, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia Tue 19 Aug or Wed 20 Aug
Festival · times in MSD
When is Janmashtami 2003 in Myshkin?
Smarta
Tuesday 19 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 20 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 19 Aug in MyshkinJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 19 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 20 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 19 Aug or Wed 20 Aug in Myshkin?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:12 Wed–01:48 Wed. Ashtami: 15:31 to 18:03 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 18:03; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 15:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 18:03 on Wed 20 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (01:12 Wed–01:48 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 20 Aug, at 05:59. 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.