Janmashtami 2008 in Baoding, Hebei, China Sat 23 Aug or Sun 24 Aug
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 2008 in Baoding?
Smarta
Saturday 23 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 24 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Saturday 23 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 24 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 23 Aug or Sun 24 Aug in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 23 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:59–00:41 Sun. Ashtami: 20:55 to 18:41 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 18:41; nishitha is Navami.
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 20:55 on Sat 23 Aug to 18:41 on Sun 24 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:59–00:41 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 24 Aug, at 05:39. 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.