Krishna Janmashtami 1929
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:37
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:35 – 00:23
- Fasting window (tithi)14:21 → 1929-08-28 · 12:37
- Parana (tithi ends)12:371929-08-28
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 1929
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1929
- Vasant Panchami — 14 February 1929
- Maha Shivaratri — 9 March 1929
- Holika Dahan — 24 March 1929
- Holi — 26 March 1929
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 10 April 1929
- Ram Navami — 17 April 1929
- Akshaya Tritiya — 11 May 1929
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 1929
- Guru Purnima — 21 July 1929
- Nag Panchami — 9 August 1929
- Raksha Bandhan — 20 August 1929
- Hartalika Teej — 6 September 1929
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 7 September 1929
- Anant Chaturdashi — 17 September 1929
- Pitru Paksha begins — 19 September 1929
- Sharad Navratri begins — 3 October 1929
- Durga Ashtami — 11 October 1929
- Maha Navami — 12 October 1929
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 1929
- Karwa Chauth — 21 October 1929
- Dhanteras — 29 October 1929
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 1929
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 31 October 1929
- Govardhan Puja — 2 November 1929
- Bhai Dooj — 3 November 1929
- Chhath Puja — 7 November 1929
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 16 November 1929
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 16 November 1929
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