Janmashtami 2020 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Tue 11 Aug or Wed 12 Aug
Festival · times in EEST
When is Janmashtami 2020 in Khmelnytskyi?
Smarta
Tuesday 11 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 12 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 11 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 12 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 11 Aug or Wed 12 Aug in Khmelnytskyi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 11 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 06:37 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:58 Wed–01:36 Wed. Ashtami: 06:37 to 08:46 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 08:46; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 06:37 on Tue 11 Aug to 08:46 on Wed 12 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:58 Wed–01:36 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 12 Aug, at 05:59. 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.