Janmashtami 2021 in Constant Spring, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Sun 29 Aug or Mon 30 Aug
Festival · times in EST
When is Janmashtami 2021 in Constant Spring?
Smarta
Sunday 29 August
Vaishnava
Monday 30 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Sunday 29 August
Vaishnava · Monday 30 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 29 Aug or Mon 30 Aug in Constant Spring?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 29 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:44–00:30 Mon. Ashtami: 12:55 to 15:30 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 15:30; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 12:55 on Sun 29 Aug to 15:30 on Mon 30 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (23:44–00:30 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 30 Aug, at 05:52. 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.