Janmashtami 2017 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Mon 14 Aug or Tue 15 Aug

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Janmashtami 2017 in Pāthardi?

Smarta

Monday 14 August

Vaishnava

Tuesday 15 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)

Full panchang for Mon 14 Aug in Pāthardi

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Smarta · Monday 14 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:11–00:56 Tue

45 min

Vaishnava · Tuesday 15 August

Nishita puja muhurat

00:11–00:56 Wed

45 min

Open in TithikaSee Janmashtami's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Janmashtami on Mon 14 Aug or Tue 15 Aug in Pāthardi?

Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 14 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:11 Tue–00:56 Tue. Ashtami: 19:45 to 17:39 Tue.

Ashtami ended at 17:39; nishitha is Navami.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Smarta

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 19:45 on Mon 14 Aug to 17:39 on Tue 15 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:11 Tue–00:56 Tue) falls within it.

Vaishnava

Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 15 Aug, at 06:10. 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.