🪷 Śukla Aṣṭamī
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this tithi IS Krishna
The 15-tithi Sun-Moon angular cycle is Krishna's lunar darśana · each tithi is one of the 15 cosmic doors through which the soul descends or ascends (see Lagna-Tithi-Loka). On Śukla Aṣṭamī, the door is open to the loka governed by Śiva (Rudra) — and Krishna IS that presiding-deity (BG 9.23: "whoever worships any deity with faith, that faith is My arrangement").
Tithi #8 of 30 · Śukla-pakṣa · presiding-deity: Śiva (Rudra)
Today (2026-06-03) is Kṛṣṇa Tṛtīyā — not this tithi. Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta.
🪷 Aṣṭamī · Krishna-Janma tithi
Krishna was BORN on Kṛṣṇa-pakṣa Aṣṭamī of Bhādrapada (Janmāṣṭamī) · so every Aṣṭamī carries a Krishna-resonance. Madhya-rātri (midnight) of Aṣṭamī is when Krishna manifested in Mathurā prison · the supreme avatāra-window.
— BG 4.7-8 · "yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata · tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham"
Classical attributes
| Tithi-number | #8 of 30 |
|---|---|
| Pakṣa | Śukla (waxing/waning) |
| Presiding deity | Śiva (Rudra) |
| Quality | Transformation-fire · destroyer-of-illusion |
| BG-aspect | BG 10.23 — among Rudras I am Śaṅkara |
| Auspiciousness | ✓ auspicious |
Significant festivals on this tithi
- Durgā Aṣṭamī
Cross-references
- Today's day-page · full pañcāṅga
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · time as Krishna's body
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8
📚 See Also
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8 Akṣara-Brahma · Kalpa · Manvantara · Yuga framework
- Viśvarūpa-Kāla · BG 10.30 + 11.32 · Krishna IS Time (kālaḥ kalayatām aham)
- Today's day-page · 2026-06-03 · Full pañcāṅga with this tithi active or upcoming
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See what tithi YOU were born under
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra · Tithi-Adhyāya — Classical authority on tithi attributes · deity assignments · auspiciousness
- Muhūrta-Cintāmaṇi · tithi-classification for muhūrta — The treatise governing which tithis are auspicious for which rites
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Sun-Moon angular-separation computation (~500 CE) — The astronomical source for tithi-as-Sun-Moon-angle calculation