Janmashtami 2009 in Diffa, Niger Thu 13 Aug or Fri 14 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2009 in Diffa?
Smarta
Thursday 13 August
Vaishnava
Friday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 13 August
Vaishnava · Friday 14 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 13 Aug or Fri 14 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 13 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 08:26 Thu.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:51–00:37 Fri. Ashtami: 08:26 to 07:15 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 07:15; 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 08:26 on Thu 13 Aug to 07:15 on Fri 14 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:51–00:37 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 14 Aug, at 05:56. 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.