Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2001

Saturday 11 August

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 minutes.

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 Saturday 11 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:57  01:45 niśītha ends
00:0900:3300:5701:2101:4502:0902:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 12 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 22:40 on Sat 11 Aug to 22:55 on Sun 12 Aug.

    2001-08-11T19:40:21Z → 2001-08-12T19:55:18Z

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 7288 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2001: Saturday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2001 falls on Saturday 11 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:40 on Sat 11 Aug to 22:55 on Sun 12 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2001/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:40 → 12:5500:3448 min00:340 min11 Aug
Chicago14:40 → 14:5500:3248 min00:320 min11 Aug
Jersey City15:40 → 15:5500:3848 min00:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain15:40 → 15:5523:4748 min23:470 min11 Aug
London20:40 → 20:5500:4248 min00:420 min11 Aug
Durban21:40 → 21:5523:3748 min23:370 min11 Aug
Dubai23:40 → 23:5500:0048 min00:000 min11 Aug
Delhi01:10 → 01:2500:020 min00:0248 min12 Aug
Kolkata01:10 → 01:2523:180 min23:1848 min12 Aug
Singapore03:40 → 03:5500:460 min00:4648 min12 Aug
Sydney05:40 → 05:5523:360 min23:3648 min12 Aug
Suva07:40 → 07:5523:470 min23:4748 min12 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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