Krishna Janmashtami 1909
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:41
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:32 – 00:20
- Fasting window (tithi)13:46 → 1909-09-07 · 12:50
- Parana (tithi ends)12:501909-09-07
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Krishna Janmashtami puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaKrishna Janmashtami — Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Janmashtami puja performed at midnight?
Krishna is held to have been born at midnight under Rohini nakshatra, so the puja is kept for nishita kaal rather than the morning. The fast is broken after it.
Why do Janmashtami dates sometimes differ by a day?
Smarta tradition follows the Ashtami tithi at midnight; Vaishnava tradition may additionally require Rohini nakshatra, and observes udaya-tithi rules differently. When the two do not coincide, the observances separate by a day.
What can be eaten during the Janmashtami fast?
Fruit, milk, curd, water and vrat flours such as kuttu and singhara. Grains, onion and garlic are avoided until the fast is completed the next morning.
Other major festivals in 1909
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1909
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 1909
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 1909
- Holika Dahan — 6 March 1909
- Holi — 8 March 1909
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 1909
- Ram Navami — 29 March 1909
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 1909
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 1909
- Guru Purnima — 3 July 1909
- Nag Panchami — 21 August 1909
- Raksha Bandhan — 31 August 1909
- Hartalika Teej — 17 September 1909
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 18 September 1909
- Anant Chaturdashi — 28 September 1909
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 1909
- Sharad Navratri begins — 15 October 1909
- Durga Ashtami — 22 October 1909
- Maha Navami — 23 October 1909
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 24 October 1909
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 1909
- Dhanteras — 10 November 1909
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 11 November 1909
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 12 November 1909
- Govardhan Puja — 14 November 1909
- Bhai Dooj — 15 November 1909
- Chhath Puja — 19 November 1909
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 1909
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 1909
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