Janmashtami 2025 in Lib, Lib Island, Marshall Islands Nishita puja muhurat 00:31–01:17 Sun, Sat 16 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+12
When is Janmashtami 2025 in Lib?
Saturday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 16 Aug in LibJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 16 Aug in Lib?
Janmashtami is on Sat 16 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 06:20 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:31 Sun–01:17 Sun. Ashtami: 06:20 to 04:05 Sun.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+12). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 06:20 on Sat 16 Aug to 04:05 on Sun 17 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:31 Sun–01:17 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.