Janmashtami 2021 in Progress, Amur Oblast, Russia Nishita puja muhurat 00:01–00:42 Tue, Mon 30 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+9
When is Janmashtami 2021 in Progress?
Monday 30 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 30 Aug in ProgressJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 30 Aug in Progress?
Janmashtami is on Mon 30 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:55 Mon. Ashtami: 02:55 Mon to 05:30 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:01 Tue–00:42 Tue. Ashtami: 02:55 to 05:30 Tue.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+9). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:55 on Mon 30 Aug to 05:30 on Tue 31 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:01 Tue–00:42 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.