Janmashtami 2081 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Wed 27 Aug or Thu 28 Aug
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Janmashtami 2081 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Wednesday 27 August
Vaishnava
Thursday 28 August
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 27 August
Vaishnava · Thursday 28 August
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 27 Aug or Thu 28 Aug in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 27 Aug: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 07:27 Wed.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:07 Thu–00:53 Thu. Ashtami: 07:27 to 07:39 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 07:39; 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 07:27 on Wed 27 Aug to 07:39 on Thu 28 Aug, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:07 Thu–00:53 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 28 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.