Janmashtami 2006 in Diffa, Niger Tue 15 Aug or Wed 16 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2006 in Diffa?
Smarta
Tuesday 15 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 15 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 16 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 15 Aug or Wed 16 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 15 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:51–00:36 Wed. Ashtami: 15:32 to 14:17 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 14:17; nishitha is Navami.
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 15:32 on Tue 15 Aug to 14:17 on Wed 16 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:51–00:36 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 16 Aug, at 05:57. 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.