Janmashtami 2038 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 22 Aug or Mon 23 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2038 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Sunday 22 August
Vaishnava
Monday 23 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 22 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 22 August
Vaishnava · Monday 23 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 22 Aug or Mon 23 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 22 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:09 Mon–00:54 Mon. Ashtami: 15:32 to 17:46 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 17:46; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 15:32 on Sun 22 Aug to 17:46 on Mon 23 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:09 Mon–00:54 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 23 Aug, at 06:12. 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.