Krishna Janmashtami 1935
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)21:15 → 1935-08-21 · 20:25
- Parana (tithi ends)20:251935-08-21
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 1935
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1935
- Vasant Panchami — 7 February 1935
- Maha Shivaratri — 3 March 1935
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 1935
- Holi — 21 March 1935
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 4 April 1935
- Ram Navami — 12 April 1935
- Akshaya Tritiya — 5 May 1935
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 2 July 1935
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 1935
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 1935
- Raksha Bandhan — 14 August 1935
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 1935
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 1935
- Anant Chaturdashi — 11 September 1935
- Pitru Paksha begins — 13 September 1935
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 1935
- Durga Ashtami — 6 October 1935
- Maha Navami — 6 October 1935
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 1935
- Karwa Chauth — 15 October 1935
- Dhanteras — 24 October 1935
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 26 October 1935
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 1935
- Govardhan Puja — 28 October 1935
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 1935
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 1935
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 10 November 1935
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 10 November 1935
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