Janmashtami 2026 in Hetauda, Bagmati Province, Nepal Nishita puja muhurat 23:41–00:26 Sat, Fri 4 Sep
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When is Janmashtami 2026 in Hetauda?
Friday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 4 Sep in HetaudaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 4 Sep in Hetauda?
Janmashtami is on Fri 4 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:40 Fri. Ashtami: 02:40 Fri to 00:29 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:41–00:26 Sat. Ashtami: 02:40 to 00:29 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (NPT). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:40 on Fri 4 Sep to 00:29 on Sat 5 Sep, so only Friday night’s nishitha (23:41–00:26 Sat) 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.