Janmashtami 2022 in Chahārbāgh, Alborz Province, Iran Thu 18 Aug or Fri 19 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4:30
When is Janmashtami 2022 in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta
Thursday 18 August
Vaishnava
Friday 19 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 18 Aug in ChahārbāghJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 18 August
Vaishnava · Friday 19 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 18 Aug or Fri 19 Aug in Chahārbāgh?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 18 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:49 Fri–01:31 Fri. Ashtami: 20:21 to 21:59 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 21:59; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4:30). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 20:21 on Thu 18 Aug to 21:59 on Fri 19 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:49 Fri–01:31 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 19 Aug, at 06:28. 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.