Janmashtami 2007 in Baoding, Hebei, China Mon 3 Sep or Tue 4 Sep
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 2007 in Baoding?
Smarta
Monday 3 September
Vaishnava
Tuesday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 3 Sep in BaodingJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 3 September
Vaishnava · Tuesday 4 September
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 3 Sep or Tue 4 Sep in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 3 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:55–00:39 Tue. Ashtami: 23:33 to 21:37 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 21:37; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 23:33 Mon to 21:37.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 23:33 on Mon 3 Sep to 21:37 on Tue 4 Sep, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:55–00:39 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 4 Sep, at 05:48. 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.