Krishna Janmashtami 1916
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:34
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:37 – 00:25
- Fasting window (tithi)05:49 → 1916-08-21 · 07:04
- Parana (tithi ends)07:041916-08-21
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 1916
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1916
- Vasant Panchami — 8 February 1916
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1916
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 1916
- Holi — 20 March 1916
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1916
- Ram Navami — 11 April 1916
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 1916
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 1916
- Guru Purnima — 15 July 1916
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 1916
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 1916
- Hartalika Teej — 31 August 1916
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 1 September 1916
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1916
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1916
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 1916
- Durga Ashtami — 4 October 1916
- Maha Navami — 5 October 1916
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 6 October 1916
- Karwa Chauth — 14 October 1916
- Dhanteras — 24 October 1916
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 25 October 1916
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 1916
- Govardhan Puja — 27 October 1916
- Bhai Dooj — 28 October 1916
- Chhath Puja — 1 November 1916
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1916
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1916
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