Night of Sunday 28 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:30 00:18 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 23:26:46
22:4223:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:06
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1994
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 12 s away. Say “contested”.
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 Sunday 28 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 29 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:27 on Sun 28 Aug to 01:50 on Tue 30 Aug.
1994-08-28T17:26:47Z → 1994-08-29T19:49:35Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:30–00:18 on the 28th, 23:30–00:18 on the 29th.
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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 192 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1994: Monday 29 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Chattogram, Janmāṣṭamī 1994 falls on Monday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:27 on Sun 28 Aug to 01:50 on Tue 30 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 3 min 12 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 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 28th | Covered | Niśītha 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:27 → 12:50 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Chicago | 12:27 → 14:50 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Jersey City | 13:27 → 15:50 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:27 → 15:50 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| London | 18:27 → 20:50 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Durban | 19:27 → 21:50 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Dubai | 21:27 → 23:50 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:57 → 01:20 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:58 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:57 → 01:20 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Singapore | 01:27 → 03:50 | 00:42 | 3 min | 00:41 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:27 → 05:50 | 23:32 | 0 min | 23:32 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Suva | 05:27 → 07:50 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 29 Aug |