Janmashtami 2012 in Baoding, Hebei, China Thu 9 Aug or Fri 10 Aug

Festival · times in CST

When is Janmashtami 2012 in Baoding?

Smarta

Thursday 9 August

Vaishnava

Friday 10 August

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

Full panchang for Thu 9 Aug in Baoding

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Thursday 9 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:03–00:43 Fri

40 min

Vaishnava · Friday 10 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:03–00:43 Sat

40 min

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

Why is Janmashtami on Thu 9 Aug or Fri 10 Aug in Baoding?

Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:03 Fri–00:43 Fri. Ashtami: 13:40 to 16:11 Fri.

Ashtami ended at 16:11; nishitha is Navami.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Smarta

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 13:40 on Thu 9 Aug to 16:11 on Fri 10 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:03 Fri–00:43 Fri) falls within it.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 10 Aug, at 05:26. 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.