When will Janmashtami be celebrated in Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi and Banke Bihari temple of Vrindavan, what is the time of worship at night?
Shri Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated in Brajmandal. Especially in Vrindavan and Mathura, Krishna birth celebrations are celebrated with great pomp. Like every time, this time too, Shri Keshavdev Krishna Temple of Mathura is ready to decorate. Mathura is the birthplace of Lord Krishna, here a grand programs are organized in the temple with special security and arrangements. The most special thing here is that the moment of birth is depicted in a very real style at exactly 12 o’clock. Bhajan-kirtan, colorful lights, flowers decorations and tableaux in the temple mesmerize the minds of those who watch. Celebrating Janmashtami in Mathura is an unforgettable experience for every devotee.
16 August midnight worship time:
16 August Nishith Puja Time- Midnight from 12:04 to 12:47.
The festival will be celebrated at midnight of 16 August in Sri Krishna’s birthplace and all major temples in Mathura. Here, preparations are going on on a large scale to make the festival of Janmashtami divine and grand. This time, after a special ‘Arpan and Darshan’ ceremony of the grand dress of Lord Krishna on Friday in the Janmabhoomi temple, the silver -equipped sanctum sanctorum is decorated like a vermilion Pushp Mahal on Saturday where Lord Shri Krishna will be seated. Thakurji’s moving Deity will be taken to the Abhishek site after seating in ‘Silver-Supa’. In this way, the appearance of God will also be in the ‘silver-lotus’ flower and the first bath will be done through the idol of the silver covered silver. During this time, devotees will be able to enter the temple premises from five and a half in the night to visit Thakurji’s Janmabhishek.
It is noteworthy that the festival of Janmashtami will also be celebrated on 16, August Saturday at Sribanke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan. After this, Nandotsav is celebrated in the temple on the next day i.e. the Navami date of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapada month. The major temples of Braj such as Krishna Janmabhoomi, Banke Bihari and ISKCON Vrindavan have holy rituals and midnight aarti.