Janmashtami 2017 in Olean, New York, United States Mon 14 Aug or Tue 15 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 2017 in Olean?
Smarta
Monday 14 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 15 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 14 Aug in OleanJanmashtami 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 Olean?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 10:15 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:58 Tue–01:38 Tue. Ashtami: 10:15 to 08:09 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 08:09; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 10:15 on Mon 14 Aug to 08:09 on Tue 15 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:58 Tue–01:38 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 15 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.