Janmashtami 2014 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:50–00:36 Mon, Sun 17 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2014 in Diffa?
Sunday 17 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 17 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 17 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Sun 17 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 01:26 Sun. Ashtami: 01:26 Sun to 01:36 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:50–00:36 Mon. Ashtami: 01:26 to 01:36 Mon.
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 01:26 on Sun 17 Aug to 01:36 on Mon 18 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:50–00:36 Mon) 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.