Janmashtami 2011 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Nishita puja muhurat 01:08–01:50 Mon, Sun 21 Aug
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 2011 in Mapleton?
Sunday 21 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 21 Aug in MapletonJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 21 Aug in Mapleton?
Janmashtami is on Sun 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:55 Sun. Ashtami: 02:55 Sun to 04:45 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:08 Mon–01:50 Mon. Ashtami: 02:55 to 04:45 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:55 on Sun 21 Aug to 04:45 on Mon 22 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (01:08 Mon–01:50 Mon) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.