Janmashtami 2023 in Diffa, Niger Wed 6 Sep or Thu 7 Sep
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2023 in Diffa?
Smarta
Wednesday 6 September
Vaishnava
Thursday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 6 September
Vaishnava · Thursday 7 September
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 6 Sep or Thu 7 Sep in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 6 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 11:08 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:44–00:31 Thu. Ashtami: 11:08 to 11:44 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 11:44; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 11:08 on Wed 6 Sep to 11:44 on Thu 7 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (23:44–00:31 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 7 Sep, at 05:58. 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.