Janmashtami 2028 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States Sat 12 Aug or Sun 13 Aug
Festival · times in PDT
When is Janmashtami 2028 in Pendleton?
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 Pendleton?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 12 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:40 Sun–01:19 Sun. Ashtami: 16:13 to 17:07 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 17:07; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−7). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 16:13 on Sat 12 Aug to 17:07 on Sun 13 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:40 Sun–01:19 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 13 Aug, at 05:53. 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.