Krishna Janmashtami 1924
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:35
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:37 – 00:25
- Fasting window (tithi)01:38 → 1924-08-23 · 03:49
- Parana (tithi ends)03:491924-08-23
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 1924
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1924
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 1924
- Maha Shivaratri — 3 March 1924
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 1924
- Holi — 22 March 1924
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1924
- Ram Navami — 13 April 1924
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 1924
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 1924
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 1924
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 1924
- Raksha Bandhan — 14 August 1924
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 1924
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1924
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 1924
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 1924
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 1924
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1924
- Maha Navami — 6 October 1924
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 1924
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 1924
- Dhanteras — 25 October 1924
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 1924
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 1924
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 1924
- Bhai Dooj — 30 October 1924
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 1924
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 1924
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 1924
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