Janmashtami 2030 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Tue 20 Aug or Wed 21 Aug
Festival · times in EEST
When is Janmashtami 2030 in Sofia?
Smarta
Tuesday 20 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 21 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 20 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 21 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 20 Aug or Wed 21 Aug in Sofia?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 20 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 01:09 Wed–01:50 Wed. Ashtami: 15:02 to 17:31 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 17:31; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 15:02 on Tue 20 Aug to 17:31 on Wed 21 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (01:09 Wed–01:50 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 21 Aug, at 06:39. 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.