Janmashtami 2017 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Nishita puja muhurat 01:10–01:51 Tue, Mon 14 Aug
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 2017 in Mapleton?
Monday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Aug in MapletonJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 14 Aug in Mapleton?
Janmashtami is on Mon 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 08:15 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:10 Tue–01:51 Tue. Ashtami: 08:15 to 06:09 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 08:15 on Mon 14 Aug to 06:09 on Tue 15 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (01:10 Tue–01:51 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.