Janmashtami 2064 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 3 Sep or Thu 4 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2064 in Sevan?
Smarta
Wednesday 3 September
Vaishnava
Thursday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 3 September
Vaishnava · Thursday 4 September
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 3 Sep or Thu 4 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 3 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:37 Thu–01:21 Thu. Ashtami: 16:50 to 17:59 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 17:59; 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 16:50 on Wed 3 Sep to 17:59 on Thu 4 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:37 Thu–01:21 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 4 Sep, at 06:30. 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.