![]() ![]() The vrata mainly consists of fasting, spending the whole night in the worship of Krishna, reciting hymns of praise and Krishna’s pastimes, reciting prayers from the Bhagavata, offering arghya to Krishna, and the parana or the ceremonial breaking of the fast. If the ashtami tithi AND the Rohini nakshatra occur on the same day, then the observance is considered to be doubly sacred otherwise the observance is held on the day on which the ashtami prevails at midnight. I adore Krishna, the Supreme Person, the Unborn Lord, the Self-effulgent One, the Supreme Lord of the descendants of Yadu, Whose nature is that of existence and consciousness, and Whose essence is entirely that of eternal bliss.įrom Prabodha sudhakara of shrI shankaracharya The birthday of shri Krishna is usually taken to be the Shravana Krishna Ashtami, but is sometimes assigned to the month Bhadrapada, especially in Northern India.Īccording to traditional sources, the Janmashtami is observed on the day when the ashtami tithi occurs at midnight.
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