Radha Ashtami 1943
Appearance day of Radha, a fortnight after Janmashtami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:41
- Sunset18:11
- Fasting window (tithi)06:42 → 1943-09-08 · 05:23
- Parana (tithi ends)05:231943-09-08
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 Radha Ashtami puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaRadha Ashtami — Frequently Asked Questions
When is Radha Ashtami?
On the Shukla Ashtami of Bhadrapada, fifteen days after Krishna Janmashtami. Radha's birth is honoured at noon. This year's date is shown above.
How is Radha Ashtami different from Janmashtami?
Janmashtami is the birth of Krishna, kept at midnight; Radha Ashtami is the birth of Radha, kept at noon, fifteen days later. Together they frame the two persons of one divine love, always named as Radha-Krishna.
Why is Radha worshipped before Krishna?
In the Braj and Gaudiya traditions Radha is Krishna's hladini shakti — the power of his own love and joy — and the surest path to him. So her name is spoken first: Radha-Krishna, never the reverse.
Where is Radha Ashtami celebrated most grandly?
In Barsana, Radha's village in Braj, at the Radha Rani temple, and across Vrindavan and Mathura, with days of worship, kirtan and jhulan; it is also a major festival for Gaudiya and ISKCON devotees.
Other major festivals in 1943
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1943
- Vasant Panchami — 9 February 1943
- Maha Shivaratri — 4 March 1943
- Holika Dahan — 21 March 1943
- Holi — 22 March 1943
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 1943
- Ram Navami — 13 April 1943
- Akshaya Tritiya — 7 May 1943
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 1943
- Guru Purnima — 17 July 1943
- Nag Panchami — 6 August 1943
- Raksha Bandhan — 15 August 1943
- Krishna Janmashtami — 22 August 1943
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 1943
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 3 September 1943
- Anant Chaturdashi — 13 September 1943
- Pitru Paksha begins — 15 September 1943
- Sharad Navratri begins — 30 September 1943
- Durga Ashtami — 7 October 1943
- Maha Navami — 8 October 1943
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 8 October 1943
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 1943
- Dhanteras — 26 October 1943
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 28 October 1943
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 28 October 1943
- Govardhan Puja — 30 October 1943
- Bhai Dooj — 30 October 1943
- Chhath Puja — 3 November 1943
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 12 November 1943
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 12 November 1943
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