Janmashtami 2017 in Finote Selam, Amhara, Ethiopia Mon 14 Aug or Tue 15 Aug
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When is Janmashtami 2017 in Finote Selam?
Smarta
Monday 14 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 15 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Aug in Finote SelamJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 14 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 15 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 14 Aug or Tue 15 Aug in Finote Selam?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:12 Tue–00:58 Tue. Ashtami: 17:15 to 15:09 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 15:09; 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 17:15 on Mon 14 Aug to 15:09 on Tue 15 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:12 Tue–00:58 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 15 Aug, at 06:20. 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.