Krishna Janmashtami 1969
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:39
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:33 – 00:21
- Fasting window (tithi)09:41 → 1969-09-04 · 11:27
- Parana (tithi ends)11:271969-09-04
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 1969
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1969
- Vasant Panchami — 22 January 1969
- Maha Shivaratri — 15 February 1969
- Holika Dahan — 3 March 1969
- Holi — 5 March 1969
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 19 March 1969
- Ram Navami — 27 March 1969
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 1969
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 16 July 1969
- Guru Purnima — 29 July 1969
- Nag Panchami — 18 August 1969
- Raksha Bandhan — 27 August 1969
- Hartalika Teej — 14 September 1969
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 15 September 1969
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 1969
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 1969
- Sharad Navratri begins — 12 October 1969
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 1969
- Maha Navami — 19 October 1969
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 20 October 1969
- Karwa Chauth — 28 October 1969
- Dhanteras — 7 November 1969
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 8 November 1969
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 9 November 1969
- Govardhan Puja — 10 November 1969
- Bhai Dooj — 11 November 1969
- Chhath Puja — 15 November 1969
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 1969
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 1969
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