Krishna Janmashtami 2000
Krishna's birth at midnight — Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami prevailing at nishita.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:34
- Nishita puja (midnight)23:37 – 00:25
- Fasting window (tithi)13:10 → 2000-08-23 · 11:38
- Parana (tithi ends)11:382000-08-23
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 2000
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2000
- Vasant Panchami — 10 February 2000
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 2000
- Holika Dahan — 19 March 2000
- Holi — 21 March 2000
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 2000
- Ram Navami — 12 April 2000
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 2000
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 3 July 2000
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 2000
- Nag Panchami — 4 August 2000
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 2000
- Hartalika Teej — 1 September 2000
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 1 September 2000
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 2000
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 2000
- Sharad Navratri begins — 28 September 2000
- Durga Ashtami — 5 October 2000
- Maha Navami — 7 October 2000
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 2000
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 2000
- Dhanteras — 24 October 2000
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 26 October 2000
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 26 October 2000
- Govardhan Puja — 28 October 2000
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 2000
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 2000
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 2000
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 2000
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