Janmashtami 2026 in Rishra, West Bengal Nishita puja muhurat 23:12–23:58, Fri 4 Sep
West Bengal, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2026 in Rishra?
Friday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 4 Sep in RishraJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 4 Sep in Rishra?
Janmashtami is on Fri 4 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 02:25 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:12–23:58. Ashtami: 02:25 to 00:14 Sat.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 02:25 on Fri 4 Sep to 00:14 on Sat 5 Sep, so only Friday night’s nishitha (23:12–23:58) 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.