Krishna Janmashtami 1922
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:31
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:38 – 00:26
- Fasting window (tithi)13:38 → 1922-08-16 · 14:46
- Parana (tithi ends)14:461922-08-16
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 1922
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1922
- Vasant Panchami — 2 February 1922
- Maha Shivaratri — 24 February 1922
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1922
- Holi — 14 March 1922
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 29 March 1922
- Ram Navami — 6 April 1922
- Akshaya Tritiya — 29 April 1922
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 27 June 1922
- Guru Purnima — 9 July 1922
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 1922
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 1922
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1922
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1922
- Anant Chaturdashi — 5 September 1922
- Pitru Paksha begins — 7 September 1922
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 1922
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1922
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1922
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 30 September 1922
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 1922
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1922
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1922
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 1922
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1922
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1922
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1922
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 4 November 1922
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 4 November 1922
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