Today, Friday, September 4, 2026, marks the lunar tithi of Bhadrapada Krishna Ashtami. While this day is globally celebrated as Sri Krishna Janmashtami, the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham also highly reveres and commemorates it as Sri Durga Jayanti.
According to sacred Puranic texts like the Srimad Bhagavatam and Devi Mahatmyam, on the exact midnight that Lord Krishna was born in the prison of Mathura, Goddess Yogamaya (an incarnation of Goddess Durga) appeared in Gokul to Mother Yashoda.