Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1992

Thursday 20 August

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 48 s.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Thursday 20 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:55  01:43 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 01:03:53
00:0700:3100:5501:1901:4302:0702:31

39 of 48 minutes covered, the last 39

Night of Friday 21 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:55  01:43 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī ends 00:47:59
00:0700:3100:5501:1901:4302:0702:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:04 on Fri 21 Aug to 00:48 on Sat 22 Aug.

    1992-08-20T22:03:54Z → 1992-08-21T21:47:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:55–01:43 on the 20th, 00:55–01:43 on the 21st.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 39 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 408 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1992: Thursday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Janmāṣṭamī 1992 falls on Thursday 20 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:04 on Fri 21 Aug to 00:48 on Sat 22 Aug and covers 39 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1992/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/janmashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Niśītha
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīNiśītha 20thCoveredNiśītha 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:04 → 14:4800:3248 min00:320 min20 Aug
Chicago17:04 → 16:4800:3048 min00:300 min20 Aug
Jersey City18:04 → 17:4800:3648 min00:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain18:04 → 17:4823:4548 min23:450 min20 Aug
London23:04 → 22:4800:4048 min00:400 min20 Aug
Durban00:04 → 23:4823:3519 min23:3513 min21 Aug
Dubai02:04 → 01:4823:580 min23:5848 min21 Aug
Delhi03:34 → 03:1800:000 min00:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata03:34 → 03:1823:160 min23:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore06:04 → 05:4800:440 min00:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney08:04 → 07:4823:340 min23:3448 min21 Aug
Suva10:04 → 09:4823:450 min23:4548 min21 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
janmashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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