Janmashtami 2009 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Thu 13 Aug or Fri 14 Aug

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Janmashtami 2009 in Pāthardi?

Smarta

Thursday 13 August

Vaishnava

Friday 14 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)

Full panchang for Thu 13 Aug in Pāthardi

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Thursday 13 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:11–00:56 Fri

45 min

Vaishnava · Friday 14 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:11–00:56 Sat

45 min

Open in TithikaSee Janmashtami's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Janmashtami on Thu 13 Aug or Fri 14 Aug in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 13 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 12:56 Thu.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:11 Fri–00:56 Fri. Ashtami: 12:56 to 11:45 Fri.

Ashtami ended at 11:45; nishitha is Navami.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Smarta

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 12:56 on Thu 13 Aug to 11:45 on Fri 14 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:11 Fri–00:56 Fri) falls within it.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 14 Aug, at 06:09. 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.