Krishna Janmashtami dates

What the date is derived from, stated so you can check it.

Krishna AshtamiThe eighth tithi, claimed by both Durga and Krishna: Durga Ashtami and Janmashtami. Strong for worship, and left out of wedding dates. of amantaThe reckoning in which a lunar month ends at the new Moon. Maharashtra, Gujarat and the south count this way, and our dates are computed in it. ShravanaThe fifth lunar month, July into August, and the month of the Shiva fasts. Its Mondays are kept as vrats, and Raksha Bandhan closes it., which north Indian almanacs call BhadrapadaThe sixth lunar month, August into September. Ganesh Chaturthi and Janmashtami fall in it, and Pitru Paksha begins at its full Moon. Krishna Ashtami. The puja is at nishitaSolar midnight, the real middle of the night rather than twelve on the clock. Maha Shivaratri and Janmashtami are settled by the tithi running then., solar midnight, but the day is settled at sunrise, because Ashtami pierced by SaptamiThe seventh tithi, the Sun's own. Ratha Saptami in Magha is read as the Sun turning north, and the day is used for health and vigour. 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 tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.

Each one with its own rule and its own dates.

• Makar Sankranti
• Vasant Panchami
• Maha Shivaratri
• Holika Dahan
• Holi
• Gudi Padwa
• Rama Navami
• Hanuman Jayanti
• Akshaya Tritiya
• Buddha Purnima
• Guru Purnima
• Rath Yatra

Every festival and observance of the year, in one table.