Janmashtami 2083 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Fri 3 Sep or Sat 4 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2083 in Sevan?
Smarta
Friday 3 September
Vaishnava
Saturday 4 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 3 Sep in SevanJanmashtami Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Friday 3 September
Vaishnava · Saturday 4 September
Why is Janmashtami on Fri 3 Sep or Sat 4 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Fri 3 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:37 Sat–01:21 Sat. Ashtami: 21:12 to 23:38 Sat.
Ashtami ended at 23:38; nishitha is Navami. Ashtami: 21:12 Fri to 23:38.
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 21:12 on Fri 3 Sep to 23:38 on Sat 4 Sep, so only Friday night’s nishitha (00:37 Sat–01:21 Sat) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Sat 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.