Janmashtami 2013 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:07–00:53 Thu, Wed 28 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2013 in Pāthardi?
Wednesday 28 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Wed 28 Aug in Pāthardi?
Janmashtami is on Wed 28 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:06 Wed. Ashtami: 02:06 Wed to 04:10 Thu.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:07 Thu–00:53 Thu. Ashtami: 02:06 to 04:10 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:06 on Wed 28 Aug to 04:10 on Thu 29 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:07 Thu–00:53 Thu) 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.