Janmashtami 2035 in Diffa, Niger Sat 25 Aug or Sun 26 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2035 in Diffa?
Smarta
Saturday 25 August
Vaishnava
Sunday 26 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 25 Aug in DiffaJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Saturday 25 August
Vaishnava · Sunday 26 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 25 Aug or Sun 26 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 25 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:48–00:34 Sun. Ashtami: 23:06 to 21:04 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 21:04; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 23:06 Sat to 21:04.
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 23:06 on Sat 25 Aug to 21:04 on Sun 26 Aug, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (23:48–00:34 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 26 Aug, at 05:58. 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.