Janmashtami 2048 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:06–00:52 Tue, Mon 31 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2048 in Pāthardi?
Monday 31 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Why is Janmashtami on Mon 31 Aug in Pāthardi?
By the Dharmasindhu, Janmashtami is on Mon 31 Aug: Ashtami touches nishitha on both nights and it takes the later.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Mon–00:52 Mon. Ashtami: 23:59 to 02:27 Tue.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:06 Tue–00:52 Tue. Ashtami: 23:59 Sun to 02:27 Tue.
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 23:59 on Sun 30 Aug to 02:27 on Tue 1 Sep, touching nishitha on both nights. When it does, the Dharmasindhu takes the later day: Mon 31 Aug. Every reading takes that day.
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.