Krishna Janmashtami 1999
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:39
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:34 – 00:22
- Fasting window (tithi)16:58 → 1999-09-03 · 14:45
- Parana (tithi ends)14:451999-09-03
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 1999
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1999
- Vasant Panchami — 22 January 1999
- Maha Shivaratri — 14 February 1999
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 1999
- Holi — 3 March 1999
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 18 March 1999
- Ram Navami — 25 March 1999
- Akshaya Tritiya — 18 April 1999
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 1999
- Guru Purnima — 28 July 1999
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 1999
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 1999
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 1999
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 1999
- Anant Chaturdashi — 24 September 1999
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 1999
- Sharad Navratri begins — 10 October 1999
- Durga Ashtami — 18 October 1999
- Maha Navami — 19 October 1999
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 1999
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 1999
- Dhanteras — 5 November 1999
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 1999
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 1999
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 1999
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 1999
- Chhath Puja — 14 November 1999
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 1999
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 1999
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