Janmashtami 2017 in Atliaca, Guerrero, Mexico Nishita puja muhurat 01:19–02:04 Tue, Mon 14 Aug
Festival · times in CDT
When is Janmashtami 2017 in Atliaca?
Monday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Aug in AtliacaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 14 Aug in Atliaca?
Janmashtami is on Mon 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 09:15 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:19 Tue–02:04 Tue. Ashtami: 09:15 to 07:09 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 09:15 on Mon 14 Aug to 07:09 on Tue 15 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (01:19 Tue–02:04 Tue) 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.