Janmashtami 2015 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Nishita puja muhurat 00:43–01:28 Sun, Sat 5 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4:30
When is Janmashtami 2015 in Chahārbāgh?
Saturday 5 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 5 Sep in ChahārbāghJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 5 Sep in Chahārbāgh?
Janmashtami is on Sat 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:55 Sat. Ashtami: 02:55 Sat to 02:02 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:43 Sun–01:28 Sun. Ashtami: 02:55 to 02:02 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4:30). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:55 on Sat 5 Sep to 02:02 on Sun 6 Sep, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:43 Sun–01:28 Sun) 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.