Janmashtami 2004 in Olean, New York, United States Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 2004 in Olean?
Smarta
Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava
Monday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 5 Sep in OleanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 5 September
Vaishnava · Monday 6 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 5 Sep or Mon 6 Sep in Olean?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:50 Mon–01:34 Mon. Ashtami: 22:01 to 00:22 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 00:22 Tue; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 22:01 Sun to 00:22 Tue.
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 22:01 on Sun 5 Sep to 00:22 on Tue 7 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:50 Mon–01:34 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 6 Sep, at 06:44. 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.