Janmashtami 2027 in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador Tue 24 Aug or Wed 25 Aug
Festival · times in UTC−5
When is Janmashtami 2027 in Cuenca?
Smarta
Tuesday 24 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 24 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 24 Aug or Wed 25 Aug in Cuenca?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 09:55 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:54–00:42 Wed. Ashtami: 09:55 to 08:50 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 08:50; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−5). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 09:55 on Tue 24 Aug to 08:50 on Wed 25 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (23:54–00:42 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 25 Aug, at 06:16. Reading the Vaishnava rule by sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
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.