Janmashtami 2057 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 21 Aug or Wed 22 Aug
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2057 in Sevan?
Smarta
Tuesday 21 August
Vaishnava
Wednesday 22 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Tue 21 Aug in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 21 August
Vaishnava · Wednesday 22 August
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 21 Aug or Wed 22 Aug in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 21 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:42 Wed–01:24 Wed. Ashtami: 17:01 to 19:10 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 19:10; 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 17:01 on Tue 21 Aug to 19:10 on Wed 22 Aug, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:42 Wed–01:24 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 22 Aug, at 06:17. 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.