Night of Friday 30 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:02 00:50 niśītha ends
23:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:1401:38
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2002
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 42 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 30 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 31 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:45 on Fri 30 Aug to 00:07 on Sun 1 Sep.
2002-08-30T13:45:26Z → 2002-08-31T15:06:51Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:02–00:50 on the 30th, 00:02–00:50 on the 31st.
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 30th and 5 of 48 on the 31st.
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 282 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2002: Saturday 31 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2002 falls on Saturday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:45 on Fri 30 Aug to 00:07 on Sun 1 Sep and covers 5 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 31 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 31 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 31 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 30th | Covered | Niśītha 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:45 → 08:07 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Chicago | 08:45 → 10:07 | 00:27 | 48 min | 00:27 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Jersey City | 09:45 → 11:07 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 09:45 → 11:07 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| London | 14:45 → 16:07 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Durban | 15:45 → 17:07 | 23:32 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Dubai | 17:45 → 19:07 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Delhi | 19:15 → 20:37 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Kolkata | 19:15 → 20:37 | 23:13 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Singapore | 21:45 → 23:07 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Sydney | 23:45 → 01:07 | 23:32 | 34 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Suva | 01:45 → 03:07 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 31 Aug |