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According to Drik Panchang, Ashtami Tithi starts today on Friday at 11:49 pm and Ashtami Tithi will end tomorrow on Saturday at 09:34 pm. This period is called Nishita Kaal which is considered extremely auspicious for the Puja.
Celebrate Janmashtami with religious fervour
New Delhi: The Nation celebrates Shri Krishna Janmashtami tomorrow on Saturday with devotion and religious fervour. The Janmashtami is celebrated on the Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. It is generally believe that on this date, Lord Krishna was born at midnight in the Rohini constellation. Lord Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
On this day Laddu Gopal, the child for of Lord Krishna is worshipped with all vedic rituals to get the desired result.
There was a king named Kamsa who was the tyrant ruler of the Vrishni kingdom with its capital at Mathura. He is variously described in Hindu literature as either a human or an asura. However the Puranas depict him as an asura, while the Harivamśa describes him as an asura reborn in the body of a man.
The sister of Kamsa was Devaki who was married to Vasudeva. At the time of marriage a heavenly voice predicted that Devaki's eighth child would kill Kamsa and end his evil rule.
After this prediction Kansa was so terrified that he jailed Devaki and Vasudeva and decided to kill all their children as soon as they were born. And so he killed the first seven children one by one.
But when the eighth child, Krishna, was born at midnight in the jail. Just then a miracle happened. The soldiers fell asleep, the jail chains opened themselves, and the gates of the jail swung open.
The father Vasudeva secretly put the baby Krishna in a basket and crossed across the Yamuna River and arrived at Gokul. There he gave baby Krishna to Nanda and Yashoda and brought back their newborn daughter to the prison.
Vasudev with baby Krishna in basket wading through Yamuna to Gokul
Kamsa was unknown to all this. He thought it was the baby girl who was born to Devaki. So he attempted to kill the girl but the girl instantly turned into the goddess Durga and warned Kamsa that his adversary, Krishna, was safe and secure somewhere else but would come back to put an end to him and his wicked rule.
According to Drik Panchang, Ashtami Tithi starts today on Friday at 11:49 pm and Ashtami Tithi will end tomorrow on Saturday at 09:34 pm. This period is called Nishita Kaal which is considered extremely auspicious for the Puja. According to the Panchang the best time for Janmashtami worship this year is from 12:04 am to 12:47 am on August 17. This way the total duration of worship is just 43 minutes.
