Janmashtami 2016 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Wed 24 Aug or Thu 25 Aug
Festival · times in EAT
When is Janmashtami 2016 in Finote Selam?
Smarta
Wednesday 24 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 24 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 24 Aug or Thu 25 Aug in Finote Selam?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:09 Thu–00:56 Thu. Ashtami: 19:47 to 17:37 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 17:37; 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 19:47 on Wed 24 Aug to 17:37 on Thu 25 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:09 Thu–00:56 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 25 Aug, at 06:21. 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.