Janmashtami 2039 in Diffa, Niger Thu 11 Aug or Fri 12 Aug
Festival · times in WAT
When is Janmashtami 2039 in Diffa?
Smarta
Thursday 11 August
Vaishnava
Friday 12 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Thursday 11 August
Vaishnava · Friday 12 August
Why is Janmashtami on Thu 11 Aug or Fri 12 Aug in Diffa?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Thu 11 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:33 Thu.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 23:52–00:37 Fri. Ashtami: 07:33 to 09:45 Fri.
Ashtami ended at 09:45; 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 07:33 on Thu 11 Aug to 09:45 on Fri 12 Aug, so only Thursday night’s nishitha (23:52–00:37 Fri) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Fri 12 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.