Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1956

Wednesday 29 August

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Tuesday 28 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:33  01:21 niśītha ends
23:4500:0900:3300:5701:2101:4502:09

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 29 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:33  01:21 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī ends 00:59:33
23:4500:0900:3300:5701:2101:4502:09

27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 02:18 on Wed 29 Aug to 01:00 on Thu 30 Aug.

    1956-08-28T16:47:46Z → 1956-08-29T15:29:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:33–01:21 on the 28th, 00:33–01:21 on the 29th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 27 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 1265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1956: Wednesday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Janmāṣṭamī 1956 falls on Wednesday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:18 on Wed 29 Aug to 01:00 on Thu 30 Aug and covers 27 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1956/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 28thCoveredNiśītha 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:48 → 08:3000:3048 min00:300 min28 Aug
Chicago11:48 → 10:3000:2848 min00:280 min28 Aug
Jersey City12:48 → 11:3000:3448 min00:330 min28 Aug
Port of Spain12:48 → 11:3023:4348 min23:430 min28 Aug
London17:48 → 16:3000:3848 min00:380 min28 Aug
Durban18:48 → 17:3023:3348 min23:320 min28 Aug
Dubai20:48 → 19:3023:5648 min23:560 min28 Aug
Delhi22:18 → 21:0023:5848 min23:580 min28 Aug
Kolkata22:18 → 21:0023:1448 min23:130 min28 Aug
Singapore00:18 → 23:0000:1242 min00:110 min28 Aug
Sydney02:48 → 01:3023:320 min23:3248 min29 Aug
Suva04:48 → 03:3023:430 min23:4348 min29 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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