Janmashtami 2018 in Diffa, Niger Sun 2 Sep or Mon 3 Sep
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2018 in Diffa?
Smarta
Sunday 2 September
Vaishnava
Monday 3 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 2 Sep in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 2 September
Vaishnava · Monday 3 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 2 Sep or Mon 3 Sep in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 2 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:45–00:32 Mon. Ashtami: 16:17 to 14:50 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 14:50; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 16:17 on Sun 2 Sep to 14:50 on Mon 3 Sep, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:45–00:32 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 3 Sep, at 05:58. 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.