Janmashtami 2011 in Olean, New York, United States Nishita puja muhurat 00:56–01:37 Mon, Sun 21 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 2011 in Olean?
Sunday 21 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 21 Aug in OleanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 21 Aug in Olean?
Janmashtami is on Sun 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:55 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:56 Mon–01:37 Mon. Ashtami: 04:55 to 06:45 Mon.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 04:55 on Sun 21 Aug to 06:45 on Mon 22 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:56 Mon–01:37 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.