Janmashtami 2031 in Diffa, Niger Sat 9 Aug or Sun 10 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2031 in Diffa?
Smarta
Saturday 9 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 10 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Saturday 9 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 10 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 9 Aug or Sun 10 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 9 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:52–00:37 Sun. Ashtami: 12:56 to 14:02 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 14:02; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 12:56 on Sat 9 Aug to 14:02 on Sun 10 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:52–00:37 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 10 Aug, at 05:56. 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.