Krishna Janmashtami 1939
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:40
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:32 – 00:20
- Fasting window (tithi)14:11 → 1939-09-07 · 13:31
- Parana (tithi ends)13:311939-09-07
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 1939
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1939
- Vasant Panchami — 25 January 1939
- Maha Shivaratri — 17 February 1939
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 1939
- Holi — 6 March 1939
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 1939
- Ram Navami — 29 March 1939
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 1939
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 1939
- Guru Purnima — 1 July 1939
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 1939
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 1939
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 1939
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 1939
- Anant Chaturdashi — 27 September 1939
- Pitru Paksha begins — 29 September 1939
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 1939
- Durga Ashtami — 20 October 1939
- Maha Navami — 21 October 1939
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 22 October 1939
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 1939
- Dhanteras — 9 November 1939
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 1939
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 1939
- Govardhan Puja — 12 November 1939
- Bhai Dooj — 13 November 1939
- Chhath Puja — 17 November 1939
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 1939
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 1939
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