Janmashtami 2004 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:44–00:31 Tue, Mon 6 Sep
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2004 in Diffa?
Monday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 6 Sep in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 6 Sep in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Mon 6 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 03:01 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:44–00:31 Tue. Ashtami: 03:01 to 05:22 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 03:01 on Mon 6 Sep to 05:22 on Tue 7 Sep, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:44–00:31 Tue) 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.