Janmashtami 2055 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 15 Aug or Mon 16 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2055 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Sunday 15 August
Vaishnava
Monday 16 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Sun 15 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 15 August
Vaishnava · Monday 16 August
Why is Janmashtami on Sun 15 Aug or Mon 16 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Sun 15 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:07 Sun.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:11 Mon–00:56 Mon. Ashtami: 07:07 to 08:37 Mon.
Ashtami ended at 08:37; 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 07:07 on Sun 15 Aug to 08:37 on Mon 16 Aug, so only Sunday night’s nishitha (00:11 Mon–00:56 Mon) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Mon 16 Aug, at 06:10. 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.