Janmashtami 2003 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States Nishita puja muhurat 00:38–01:19 Wed, Tue 19 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 2003 in Pendleton?
Tuesday 19 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 19 Aug in PendletonJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 19 Aug in Pendleton?
Janmashtami is on Tue 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:31 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:38 Wed–01:19 Wed. Ashtami: 04:31 to 07:03 Wed.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 04:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 07:03 on Wed 20 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:38 Wed–01:19 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.