Janmashtami 2088 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Tue 7 Sep or Wed 8 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2088 in Sevan?
Smarta
Tuesday 7 September
Vaishnava
Wednesday 8 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Tuesday 7 September
Vaishnava · Wednesday 8 September
Why is Janmashtami on Tue 7 Sep or Wed 8 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Tue 7 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:35 Wed–01:20 Wed. Ashtami: 23:47 to 21:39 Wed.
Ashtami ended at 21:39; 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 23:47 on Tue 7 Sep to 21:39 on Wed 8 Sep, so only Tuesday night’s nishitha (00:35 Wed–01:20 Wed) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Wed 8 Sep, at 06:34. 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.