Janmashtami 2004 in Davinópolis, Maranhão, Brazil Nishita puja muhurat 23:43–00:31 Tue, Mon 6 Sep
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 2004 in Davinópolis?
Monday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Mon 6 Sep in Davinópolis?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Mon 6 Sep: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:43–00:31 Mon. Ashtami: 23:01 to 01:22 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:43–00:31 Tue. Ashtami: 23:01 Sun to 01:22 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 23:01 on Sun 5 Sep to 01:22 on Tue 7 Sep, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 6 Sep. 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.