Janmashtami 2078 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Mon 29 Aug or Tue 30 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2078 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Monday 29 August
Vaishnava
Tuesday 30 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 29 Aug in PāthardiJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Monday 29 August
Vaishnava · Tuesday 30 August
Why is Janmashtami on Mon 29 Aug or Tue 30 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Mon 29 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:07 Tue–00:53 Tue. Ashtami: 20:48 to 18:50 Tue.
Ashtami ended at 18:50; 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 20:48 on Mon 29 Aug to 18:50 on Tue 30 Aug, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:07 Tue–00:53 Tue) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Tue 30 Aug, at 06:13. 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.