Janmashtami 2012 in Olean, New York, United States Nishita puja muhurat 00:59–01:38 Fri, Thu 9 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 2012 in Olean?
Thursday 9 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 9 Aug in OleanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 9 Aug in Olean?
Janmashtami is on Thu 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 01:40 Thu. Ashtami: 01:40 Thu to 04:11 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:59 Fri–01:38 Fri. Ashtami: 01:40 to 04:11 Fri.
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 01:40 on Thu 9 Aug to 04:11 on Fri 10 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:59 Fri–01:38 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.