Janmashtami 2012 in Complexe, Sassandra-Marahoue, Ivory Coast Nishita puja muhurat 00:06–00:52 Fri, Thu 9 Aug
Festival · times in GMT
When is Janmashtami 2012 in Complexe?
Thursday 9 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 9 Aug in ComplexeJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 9 Aug in Complexe?
Janmashtami is on Thu 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 05:40 Thu.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Fri–00:52 Fri. Ashtami: 05:40 to 08:11 Fri.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 05:40 on Thu 9 Aug to 08:11 on Fri 10 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:06 Fri–00:52 Fri) 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.