Janmashtami 2025 in Highfields, Queensland, Australia Nishita puja muhurat 23:30–00:21 Sun, Sat 16 Aug
Festival · times in AEST
When is Janmashtami 2025 in Highfields?
Saturday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 16 Aug in HighfieldsJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 16 Aug in Highfields?
Janmashtami is on Sat 16 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 04:20 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:30–00:21 Sun. Ashtami: 04:20 to 02:05 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+10). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 04:20 on Sat 16 Aug to 02:05 on Sun 17 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:30–00:21 Sun) 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.