Janmashtami 2028 in Baoding, Hebei, China Sun 13 Aug or Mon 14 Aug
Festival · times in CST
When is Janmashtami 2028 in Baoding?
Smarta
Sunday 13 August
Vaishnava
Monday 14 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 13 Aug in BaodingJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 13 August
Vaishnava · Monday 14 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 13 Aug or Mon 14 Aug in Baoding?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 13 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:13 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:02 Mon–00:43 Mon. Ashtami: 07:13 to 08:07 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 08:07; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 07:13 on Sun 13 Aug to 08:07 on Mon 14 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:02 Mon–00:43 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 14 Aug, at 05:30. 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.