Janmashtami 2091 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Wed 5 Sep or Thu 6 Sep
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Janmashtami 2091 in Sevan?
Smarta
Wednesday 5 September
Vaishnava
Thursday 6 September
Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami (purnimanta) · Shravana Krishna Ashtami (amanta)
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Smarta · Wednesday 5 September
Vaishnava · Thursday 6 September
Why is Janmashtami on Wed 5 Sep or Thu 6 Sep in Sevan?
Smarta · Janmashtami is on Wed 5 Sep: Ashtami holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Ashtami holds all of nishitha, 00:36 Thu–01:21 Thu. Ashtami: 18:53 to 20:36 Thu.
Ashtami ended at 20:36; 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 18:53 on Wed 5 Sep to 20:36 on Thu 6 Sep, so only Wednesday night’s nishitha (00:36 Thu–01:21 Thu) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Janmashtami on a tithi that Saptami does not pierce: Ashtami holds sunrise on Thu 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.