When is Krishna Janmashtami in 2024: When will the festival of Krishna Janmashtami be celebrated in our homes, which day will be right, 26 or 27 August, and when will Krishna Janmashtami be celebrated in Mathura Vrindavan, the birthplace of Lord Shri Krishna? Preparations have also begun in Banke Bihari temple because this time Janmashtami will be celebrated on different days in Mathura, so what will be the date of Janmashtami in the entire country, in Mathura Vrindavan it will be celebrated for 2 days, so let us see for you and us common people, when will the festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami be celebrated and what will be the correct date, when will the fasts etc. that mothers and sisters keep be observed.
You must be aware that the festival of Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday celebration of Shri Krishna and this is the 5251st birthday of Shri Krishna in Braj and preparations are being made on a large scale to celebrate it with great pomp.
Fast will be kept on the day of Shri Krishna Janmashtami and after the birth of the Lord at 12:00 in the night, the fast is broken by offering Panjirika made of coriander and many devotees across the country also keep fast in their respective places according to the Janmashtami of Mathura, the birthplace of Shri Krishna and celebrate Kanha’s birthday and let me tell you friends this time Shri Krishna Janmashtami will be celebrated for two days in Mathura Vrindavan, it will be different, that is, Janmashtami of Mathura Vrindavan and Mangal Aarti of Thakur ji will be at 2:00 in the night and friends as you will know that the correct date of any festival is decided according to the Panchang and in such a situation, if seen according to the Hindi date, then every year the birth festival of Lord Shri Krishna is celebrated on the midnight of Ashtami Tithi of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month.
Right and on the very next day, that is, on the occasion of Navami, Nand Utsav was celebrated in temples. Shri Krishna’s birth is a festival of joy in which symbolic Nand Baba celebrates the birth of his son and in such a situation, according to the saints, friends, this time in Braj also, the celebration of Lord Shri Krishna’s birth will be celebrated in all the temples and the temples of Braj at midnight on 26th August, so the fast will be kept during the day on 26th August itself and after Kanha’s birth at 12:00 in the night, the fast will be observed by eating panjiri made of coriander. Shri Krishna Janmashtami will be celebrated on 27th August in Thakur Banke Bihari temple located in Vrindavan. Now understand what date is being decided this time also according to the Panchang
Temple manager Manish Sharma said that all the festivals held throughout the year in Banke Bihari temple are celebrated according to the Panchang decided by the temple priest which is according to the Oriya date. Udayat means the date of festivals is decided on the basis of the date on which the sun rises. Acharya Chail Bihari Goswami, priest and sevayat of Bihari Ji temple said that at the beginning of every year, the Panchang for all the festivals of the temple is prepared.
And then throughout the year all the works are performed accordingly. He told that this year because the sunrise on Ashtami tithi would be on August 27, therefore, according to the temple tradition, the festival of Shri Krishna Janmashtami would be celebrated on the same day and then after midnight of 27th, Mangala Aarti of Thakur ji would be done at 2:00 pm, Mahabhishek of Aradhya would take place from 12:00 pm after the birth of Shri Krishna, now the question must be coming in your mind that about Brij Mathura Vrindavan, so I have told you what will be the exact date of Janmashtami in the entire country, when will it be celebrated, right because in the temple, wherever there is a temple of Lord Shri Krishna Kanha, in the temple
It will be celebrated on 27th August there, at around 12:00 midnight there will be Maha Abhishek of Thakur, but devotees will not be able to see it, there will be Mangala Aarti at around 2:00 pm, but friends, this year Janmashtami will be celebrated on 26th August only in the entire country and in Kanha’s city Mathura, this 5251st birthday of Lord Shri Krishna will be celebrated on two different dates this time, meaning there will be two birthdays of Kanha, so due to Janmashtami being on two days in total, the 29 pilgrims coming to Mathura will also not be able to see the Dadi Kana i.e. Nand Utsav of the temples this time. Where Janmashtami will be celebrated on 27th August, so in homes across the country, the fast will be on 26th, it will be celebrated on 26th August only, you can break it at 12:00 midnight, there is no problem if you are fasting on 27th as well
Still, there is no problem. With the devotion with which you are worshipping Lord Shri Krishna, giving love to Kanha, fasting for Kanha, whether you do it on 26th or 27th, there is no problem, you should just have true devotion in your mind, rest close your eyes, every day is Kanha’s birthday because God is eternal, infinite, God is not a physical object, he is present in the feelings of all of us, in the thoughts of the mother, in the thoughts of your mind, God, Lord Kanha is present there, so the dates and dates we have decided, okay, it is a belief, so you can make it on any day in two days, rest whatever I have meant to understand you, make it with true devotion as per the devotion, there is no problem on any day, okay.