Janmashtami 2046 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Fri 24 Aug or Sat 25 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2046 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Friday 24 August
Vaishnava
Saturday 25 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 24 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 24 August
Vaishnava · Saturday 25 August
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 24 Aug or Sat 25 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 24 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 11:30 Fri.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:08 Sat–00:54 Sat. Ashtami: 11:30 to 12:32 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 12:32; 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 11:30 on Fri 24 Aug to 12:32 on Sat 25 Aug, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:08 Sat–00:54 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 25 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.