Janmashtami 2004 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Mon 6 Sep or Tue 7 Sep
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2004 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Monday 6 September
Vaishnava
Tuesday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 6 Sep in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 6 September
Vaishnava · Tuesday 7 September
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 6 Sep or Tue 7 Sep in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 6 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:31 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:04 Tue–00:50 Tue. Ashtami: 07:31 to 09:52 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 09:52; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 07:31 on Mon 6 Sep to 09:52 on Tue 7 Sep, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:04 Tue–00:50 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 7 Sep, at 06:15. 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.