Janmashtami 2013 in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil Tue 27 Aug or Wed 28 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−3
When is Janmashtami 2013 in Ipameri?
Smarta
Tuesday 27 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 28 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 27 Aug in IpameriJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 27 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 28 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 27 Aug or Wed 28 Aug in Ipameri?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 27 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:49–00:38 Wed. Ashtami: 17:36 to 19:40 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 19:40; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 17:36 on Tue 27 Aug to 19:40 on Wed 28 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:49–00:38 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 28 Aug, at 06:22. 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.