Janmashtami 2016 in Bothell, Washington, United States Wed 24 Aug or Thu 25 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 2016 in Bothell?
Smarta
Wednesday 24 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 24 Aug in BothellJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Wednesday 24 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 24 Aug or Thu 25 Aug in Bothell?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 09:47 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:50 Thu–01:31 Thu. Ashtami: 09:47 to 07:37 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 07:37; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 09:47 on Wed 24 Aug to 07:37 on Thu 25 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:50 Thu–01:31 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 25 Aug, at 06:18. 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.