Janmashtami 2003 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 19 Aug or Wed 20 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+5
When is Janmashtami 2003 in Sevan?
Smarta
Tuesday 19 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 20 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 19 Aug in SevanJanmashtami 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 Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 19 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:43 Wed–02:24 Wed. Ashtami: 16:31 to 19:03 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 19:03; nishitha is Navami.
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 16:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 19:03 on Wed 20 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (01:43 Wed–02:24 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 20 Aug, at 07:14. 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.