Janmashtami 2020 in Olean, New York, United States Nishita puja muhurat 00:58–01:38 Wed, Tue 11 Aug
Festival · times in EDT
When is Janmashtami 2020 in Olean?
Tuesday 11 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Tue 11 Aug in Olean?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Tue 11 Aug: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:59 Tue–01:38 Tue. Ashtami: 23:37 to 01:46 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:58 Wed–01:38 Wed. Ashtami: 23:37 Mon to 01:46 Wed.
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 23:37 on Mon 10 Aug to 01:46 on Wed 12 Aug, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Tue 11 Aug. 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.