Janmashtami 2021 in Chhāpi, Gujarat Nishita puja muhurat 00:18–01:03 Tue, Mon 30 Aug
Gujarat, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2021 in Chhāpi?
Monday 30 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Mon 30 Aug in Chhāpi?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Mon 30 Aug: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:18 Mon–01:03 Mon. Ashtami: 23:25 to 02:00 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:18 Tue–01:03 Tue. Ashtami: 23:25 Sun to 02:00 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 23:25 on Sun 29 Aug to 02:00 on Tue 31 Aug, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 30 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.