Janmashtami 2021 in Highfields, Queensland, Australia Nishita puja muhurat 23:27⁠–⁠00:17 Tue, Mon 30 Aug

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When is Janmashtami 2021 in Highfields?

Monday 30 August

Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 30 Aug in Highfields

Janmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Nishita puja muhurat

23:27 Mon–00:17 Tue

50 min

Open in TithikaSee Janmashtami's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Janmashtami on Mon 30 Aug in Highfields?

Janmashtami is on Mon 30 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 03:55 Mon.

Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:27–00:17 Tue. Ashtami: 03:55 to 06:30 Tue.

One row per day, on one clock (UTC+10). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 03:55 on Mon 30 Aug to 06:30 on Tue 31 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (23:27–00:17 Tue) 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.