Janmashtami 2026 in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Nishita puja muhurat 23:39–00:24 Sat, Fri 4 Sep
Festival · times in PKT
When is Janmashtami 2026 in Gilgit?
Friday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 4 Sep in GilgitJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 4 Sep in Gilgit?
Janmashtami is on Fri 4 Sep: Ashtami touches nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 01:55 Fri. Ashtami: 01:55 Fri to 23:44 Fri.
Ashtami holds nishitha only until 23:44; then Navami. Ashtami: 01:55 to 23:44.
One row per day, on one clock (PKT). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 01:55 on Fri 4 Sep to 23:44 on Fri 4 Sep, so it touches only Friday night’s nishitha (23:39–00:24 Sat). 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.