Krishna Janmashtami 1959
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:36
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:36 – 00:24
- Fasting window (tithi)00:26 → 1959-08-27 · 02:49
- Parana (tithi ends)02:491959-08-27
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 1959
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1959
- Vasant Panchami — 12 February 1959
- Maha Shivaratri — 7 March 1959
- Holika Dahan — 24 March 1959
- Holi — 25 March 1959
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 9 April 1959
- Ram Navami — 17 April 1959
- Akshaya Tritiya — 10 May 1959
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 8 July 1959
- Guru Purnima — 20 July 1959
- Nag Panchami — 9 August 1959
- Raksha Bandhan — 18 August 1959
- Hartalika Teej — 5 September 1959
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 6 September 1959
- Anant Chaturdashi — 16 September 1959
- Pitru Paksha begins — 18 September 1959
- Sharad Navratri begins — 3 October 1959
- Durga Ashtami — 9 October 1959
- Maha Navami — 10 October 1959
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 11 October 1959
- Karwa Chauth — 20 October 1959
- Dhanteras — 29 October 1959
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 31 October 1959
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 31 October 1959
- Govardhan Puja — 1 November 1959
- Bhai Dooj — 2 November 1959
- Chhath Puja — 6 November 1959
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 15 November 1959
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 15 November 1959
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