Krishna Janmashtami 1955
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:41
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:31 – 00:19
- Fasting window (tithi)02:32 → 1955-09-10 · 00:28
- Parana (tithi ends)00:281955-09-10
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 1955
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1955
- Vasant Panchami — 28 January 1955
- Maha Shivaratri — 20 February 1955
- Holika Dahan — 8 March 1955
- Holi — 9 March 1955
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 1955
- Ram Navami — 1 April 1955
- Akshaya Tritiya — 24 April 1955
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 21 June 1955
- Guru Purnima — 5 July 1955
- Nag Panchami — 24 July 1955
- Raksha Bandhan — 3 August 1955
- Hartalika Teej — 19 September 1955
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 20 September 1955
- Anant Chaturdashi — 30 September 1955
- Pitru Paksha begins — 2 October 1955
- Sharad Navratri begins — 16 October 1955
- Durga Ashtami — 24 October 1955
- Maha Navami — 25 October 1955
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 26 October 1955
- Karwa Chauth — 3 November 1955
- Dhanteras — 11 November 1955
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 13 November 1955
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 13 November 1955
- Govardhan Puja — 15 November 1955
- Bhai Dooj — 16 November 1955
- Chhath Puja — 21 November 1955
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 29 November 1955
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 29 November 1955
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