Krishna Janmashtami 1941
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:31
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:39 – 00:27
- Fasting window (tithi)18:02 → 1941-08-15 · 20:24
- Parana (tithi ends)20:241941-08-15
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 1941
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1941
- Vasant Panchami — 1 February 1941
- Maha Shivaratri — 24 February 1941
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 1941
- Holi — 14 March 1941
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 28 March 1941
- Ram Navami — 6 April 1941
- Akshaya Tritiya — 29 April 1941
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 1941
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 1941
- Nag Panchami — 29 July 1941
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 1941
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 1941
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 1941
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 1941
- Pitru Paksha begins — 6 September 1941
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 1941
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 1941
- Maha Navami — 29 September 1941
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 29 September 1941
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 1941
- Dhanteras — 18 October 1941
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 1941
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 1941
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 1941
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 1941
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 1941
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 3 November 1941
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 3 November 1941
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