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Krishna Janmashtami dates
Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.
Also called: Janmashtami, Gokulashtami, Krishnashtami
The next one
Friday, 4 September 2026
Krishna Ashtami, Shravana
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The rule
What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.
Krishna Ashtami of amanta Shravana, which north Indian almanacs call Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami. The puja is at nishita, solar midnight, but the day is settled at sunrise, because Ashtami pierced by Saptami at sunrise is rejected. That rejection is the whole reason Janmashtami 2025 was 16 August and not the 15th.
The day is settled by the tithi at sunrise.
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Krishna Janmashtami dates
| Year | Date | Tithi | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Saturday | Saturday, 16 August 2025 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
| 2026Friday | Friday, 4 September 2026 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
| 2027Wednesday | Wednesday, 25 August 2027 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
| 2028Sunday | Sunday, 13 August 2028 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
| 2029Saturday | Saturday, 1 September 2029 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
| 2030Wednesday | Wednesday, 21 August 2030 | Krishna Ashtami | Shravana |
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