Janmashtami 2028 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Sat 12 Aug or Sun 13 Aug
Festival · times in CDT
When is Janmashtami 2028 in Appleton?
Smarta
Saturday 12 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 13 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Saturday 12 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 13 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 12 Aug or Sun 13 Aug in Appleton?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 12 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:38 Sun–01:18 Sun. Ashtami: 18:13 to 19:07 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 19:07; 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 18:13 on Sat 12 Aug to 19:07 on Sun 13 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:38 Sun–01:18 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 13 Aug, at 05:55. 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.