Janmashtami 2012 in Libode, Eastern Cape, South Africa Thu 9 Aug or Fri 10 Aug
Festival · times in SAST
When is Janmashtami 2012 in Libode?
Smarta
Thursday 9 August
Vaishnava
Friday 10 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 9 August
Vaishnava · Friday 10 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 9 Aug or Fri 10 Aug in Libode?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:40 Thu.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:42–00:35 Fri. Ashtami: 07:40 to 10:11 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 10:11; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 07:40 on Thu 9 Aug to 10:11 on Fri 10 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:42–00:35 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 10 Aug, at 06:44. 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.