Krishna Janmashtami 1927
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:33
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:38 – 00:26
- Fasting window (tithi)14:21 → 1927-08-20 · 12:35
- Parana (tithi ends)12:351927-08-20
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 1927
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1927
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1927
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1927
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1927
- Holi — 19 March 1927
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1927
- Ram Navami — 10 April 1927
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1927
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 1 July 1927
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1927
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1927
- Raksha Bandhan — 13 August 1927
- Hartalika Teej — 30 August 1927
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 31 August 1927
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1927
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1927
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1927
- Durga Ashtami — 4 October 1927
- Maha Navami — 5 October 1927
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 6 October 1927
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1927
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1927
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 24 October 1927
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 25 October 1927
- Govardhan Puja — 26 October 1927
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1927
- Chhath Puja — 1 November 1927
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1927
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1927
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