Janmashtami 2023 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Nishita puja muhurat 01:02–01:47 Thu, Wed 6 Sep
Festival · times in MDT
When is Janmashtami 2023 in Mapleton?
Wednesday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Wed 6 Sep in MapletonJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 6 Sep in Mapleton?
Janmashtami is on Wed 6 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:08 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:02 Thu–01:47 Thu. Ashtami: 04:08 to 04:44 Thu.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 04:08 on Wed 6 Sep to 04:44 on Thu 7 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (01:02 Thu–01:47 Thu) 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.