Janmashtami 2013 in Diffa, Niger Tue 27 Aug or Wed 28 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2013 in Diffa?
Smarta
Tuesday 27 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 28 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 27 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 28 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 27 Aug or Wed 28 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 27 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:47–00:34 Wed. Ashtami: 21:36 to 23:40 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 23:40; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:36 Tue to 23:40.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 21:36 on Tue 27 Aug to 23:40 on Wed 28 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:47–00:34 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 28 Aug, at 05:58. 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.