Night of Tuesday 26 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
niśītha begins 00:54 01:42 niśītha ends
00:0600:3000:5401:1801:4202:0602:30
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1986
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 05 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 26 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 27 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:29 on Tue 26 Aug to 00:51 on Thu 28 Aug.
1986-08-26T19:28:46Z → 1986-08-27T21:51:15Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:54–01:42 on the 26th, 00:53–01:41 on the 27th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.
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 125 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1986: Tuesday 26 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Janmāṣṭamī 1986 falls on Tuesday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:29 on Tue 26 Aug to 00:51 on Thu 28 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 05 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 26 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 26 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 26 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 26th | Covered | Niśītha 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:29 → 14:51 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Chicago | 14:29 → 16:51 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Jersey City | 15:29 → 17:51 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 15:29 → 17:51 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| London | 20:29 → 22:51 | 00:39 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 26 Aug |
| Durban | 21:29 → 23:51 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:33 | 18 min | 27 Aug |
| Dubai | 23:29 → 01:51 | 23:57 | 48 min | 23:56 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Delhi | 00:59 → 03:21 | 23:59 | 0 min | 23:59 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Kolkata | 00:59 → 03:21 | 23:14 | 0 min | 23:14 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Singapore | 03:29 → 05:51 | 00:42 | 0 min | 00:42 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Sydney | 05:29 → 07:51 | 23:33 | 0 min | 23:32 | 48 min | 27 Aug |
| Suva | 07:29 → 09:51 | 23:44 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 27 Aug |