Krishna Ashtami Tithi: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027

Krishna Ashtami is the 23rd of the 30 tithis, the dark fortnight’s 8th. A panchang names a day by the tithi running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Krishna Ashtami was the tithi at sunrise in New Delhi on 25 days: 13 in 2026 and 12 in 2027. Once it began after one sunrise and ended before the next, so it named no day at all (between the sunrises of 3 October 2026 and 4 October 2026), and once it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (9 February 2026 and 10 February 2026).

Its number, 8, is neither rikta nor among the tithis the muhurat filter favours. A list of the days a tithi held sunrise is not a list of vrat days: an observance tied to a tithi is fixed by its own rule, which the festival pages apply one by one.

The 25 Days, Month by Month

By weekday, Krishna Ashtami held sunrise most often on Sundays (5 times) and least on Saturdays (2): Sunday 5, Monday 4, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 3, Thursday 4, Friday 3, Saturday 2. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the tithi run on unrelated cycles.

Festivals that fell on a Krishna Ashtami day: Krishna Janmashtami (4 September 2026).

In the cycle Krishna Ashtami comes after Krishna Saptami and before Krishna Navami; all 30 are on the tithi index. For what the five limbs are and how a day’s panchang is read, see reading the panchang and the guide to choosing a day. This page in Hindi: कृष्ण अष्टमी तिथि.