When is Janmashtami 2022: India is a diverse country with many festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. One of these festivals is Janmashtami – the day Lord Krishna was born – and is observed with much pomp and fervour. It is also known as Krishna Janmashtami, Srikrishna Jayanti or Gokulashtami. It is marked on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadrapada (July-August) in India.
This is an important festival in Hinduism. Krishna Janmashtami has great significance in Mathura and Vrindavan. It is said that Lord Krishna was born in Mathura and spent his childhood in both Mathura and Vrindavan. Devotees also perform fast on this auspicious day.
When is Janmashtami 2022: Date
Krishna Janmashtami will be observed on August 18, 2022.
Krishna Devotees take the pledge to observe a day-long fast and to break it on the next day. Some have a single meal a day on the day on Janmashtami and some only fruit the whole day.
When is Janmashtami 2022: Time
Ashtami Tithi begins at 09:20 pm on August 18, 2022.
Ashtami Tithi ends at 10:59 pm on August 19, 2022.
When is Krishnashtami 2022: History
Lord Krishna was born on the eighth (Janmashtami) day of the dark fortnight in the Bhadrapada month (August–September) in Mathura. He was Devaki and Vasudeva’s son. When Krishna was born, Mathura was ruled by his uncle King Kansa, who wanted to kill his sister’s children as a prophecy said that the couple’s eighth son would cause Kansa’s downfall.
After the prophecy, Kansa imprisoned Devaki and Vasudeva. He killed off their first six children. However, at the time of the birth of their seventh child, Balram, the foetus mystically transferred from Devaki’s womb to Princess Rohini’s. When their eighth child, Krishna, was born, the entire palace went into slumber, and Vasudeva rescued the baby to Nand Baba and Yashodha’s house in Vrindavan.
After making the exchange, Vasudeva returned to the palace with a baby girl and handed her to Kansa. When the evil king tried to kill the baby, she transformed into Goddess Durga, warning him about his impending doom. In this way, Krishna grew up in Vrindavan and finally killed his uncle, Kansa.
When is Janmashtami 2022: Significance
Krishna devotees adorn their homes with flowers, diyas and lights. All the temples in Mathura and Vrindavan witness the most extravagant and colourful celebrations.
Devotees also perform Raslila to recreate incidents from Krishna’s life and to commemorate his love for Radha.
An idol of an infant Krishna is bathed and placed in a cradle during midnight, as Lord Krishna was born at midnight.
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