Janmashtami 2042 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Sat 6 Sep or Sun 7 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2042 in Sevan?
Smarta
Saturday 6 September
Vaishnava
Sunday 7 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sat 6 Sep in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Saturday 6 September
Vaishnava · Sunday 7 September
Why is Janmashtami on Sat 6 Sep or Sun 7 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sat 6 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 09:54 Sat.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:36 Sun–01:20 Sun. Ashtami: 09:54 to 08:31 Sun.
Ashtami ended at 08:31; nishitha is Navami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.
Krishna’s birth is celebrated at nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Ashtami runs from 09:54 on Sat 6 Sep to 08:31 on Sun 7 Sep, so only Saturday night’s nishitha (00:36 Sun–01:20 Sun) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sun 7 Sep, at 06:32. 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.