Night of Friday 21 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:32 00:20 niśītha ends
22:4423:0823:3223:5600:2000:4401:08
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1981
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 409 minutes.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 21 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 22 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:24 on Sat 22 Aug to 07:09 on Sun 23 Aug.
1981-08-22T03:23:47Z → 1981-08-23T01:08:30Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:32–00:20 on the 21st, 23:32–00:20 on the 22nd.
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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.
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 24536 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1981: Saturday 22 August.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1981 falls on Saturday 22 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:24 on Sat 22 Aug to 07:09 on Sun 23 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 22 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 22 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 22 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Niśītha 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:24 → 18:09 | 00:32 | 0 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Chicago | 22:24 → 20:09 | 00:30 | 0 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Jersey City | 23:24 → 21:09 | 00:35 | 0 min | 00:35 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 23:24 → 21:09 | 23:45 | 0 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 21 Aug |
| London | 04:24 → 02:09 | 00:40 | 48 min | 00:39 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Durban | 05:24 → 03:09 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:34 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Dubai | 07:24 → 05:09 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:57 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Delhi | 08:54 → 06:39 | 00:00 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Kolkata | 08:54 → 06:39 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Singapore | 10:54 → 08:39 | 00:13 | 48 min | 00:13 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Sydney | 13:24 → 11:09 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Suva | 15:24 → 13:09 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 22 Aug |