Night of Wednesday 11 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:57 01:45 niśītha ends
00:0900:3300:5701:2101:4502:0902:33
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1982
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 11 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 12 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
19 of 48 minutes covered, the first 19
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:54 on Thu 12 Aug to 01:16 on Fri 13 Aug.
1982-08-11T23:54:17Z → 1982-08-12T22:16:02Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:57–01:45 on the 11th, 00:57–01:45 on the 12th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 19 of 48 on the 12th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 1155 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1982: Thursday 12 August.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1982 falls on Thursday 12 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:54 on Thu 12 Aug to 01:16 on Fri 13 Aug and covers 19 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 12 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 12 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 12 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/janmashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 8 Janmastami (madhyaratra-vyapini), if midnight is covered on two days, or not on any day, it is to be observed on the 2nd day; special when combined with naksatra 'Rohini' at midnight, more so when on Monday or Wednesday. If the combination occurs before midnight and 'Rohini' extends up to midnight, it is to be observed on that day. Gokulastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103. The clauses on Rohiṇī nakṣatra, the Vaiṣṇava observance on the day after saptamī, and the Assam and South India reckoning in the solar month belong to other readings and are not applied.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Niśītha 11th | Covered | Niśītha 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:54 → 15:16 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Chicago | 18:54 → 17:16 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Jersey City | 19:54 → 18:16 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 19:54 → 18:16 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| London | 00:54 → 23:16 | 00:42 | 36 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Durban | 01:54 → 00:16 | 23:37 | 0 min | 23:37 | 39 min | 12 Aug |
| Dubai | 03:54 → 02:16 | 00:00 | 0 min | 00:00 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Delhi | 05:24 → 03:46 | 00:02 | 0 min | 00:02 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Kolkata | 05:24 → 03:46 | 23:18 | 0 min | 23:18 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Singapore | 07:54 → 06:16 | 00:46 | 0 min | 00:46 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Sydney | 09:54 → 08:16 | 23:36 | 0 min | 23:36 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Suva | 11:54 → 10:16 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:47 | 48 min | 12 Aug |