Janmashtami 2022 in Thazhecode, Kerala Thu 18 Aug or Fri 19 Aug
Kerala, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2022 in Thazhecode?
Smarta
Thursday 18 August
Vaishnava
Friday 19 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 18 Aug in ThazhecodeJanmashtami 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 Thazhecode?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 18 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Fri–00:52 Fri. Ashtami: 21:21 to 22:59 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 22:59; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:21 Thu to 22:59.
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 21:21 on Thu 18 Aug to 22:59 on Fri 19 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (00:06 Fri–00:52 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 19 Aug, at 06:15. 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.