Janmashtami 2072 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Mon 5 Sep or Tue 6 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2072 in Sevan?
Smarta
Monday 5 September
Vaishnava
Tuesday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 5 Sep in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 5 September
Vaishnava · Tuesday 6 September
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 5 Sep or Tue 6 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 08:25 Mon.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:36 Tue–01:20 Tue. Ashtami: 08:25 to 08:04 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 08:04; 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 08:25 on Mon 5 Sep to 08:04 on Tue 6 Sep, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:36 Tue–01:20 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 6 Sep, at 06:32. 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.