Janmashtami 2020 in Diffa, Niger Nishita puja muhurat 23:51–00:37 Wed, Tue 11 Aug
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When is Janmashtami 2020 in Diffa?
Tuesday 11 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 11 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 11 Aug in Diffa?
Janmashtami is on Tue 11 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:37 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:51–00:37 Wed. Ashtami: 04:37 to 06:46 Wed.
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 04:37 on Tue 11 Aug to 06:46 on Wed 12 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:51–00:37 Wed) 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.