Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2005

Friday 26 August

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 670 minutes.

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two nights

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

Night of Thursday 25 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:04  00:52 niśītha ends
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 26 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:04  00:52 niśītha ends
23:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:1601:40

48 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 12:02 on Fri 26 Aug to 12:45 on Sat 27 Aug.

    2005-08-26T03:01:50Z → 2005-08-27T03:44:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:04–00:52 on the 25th, 00:04–00:52 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 40200 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2005: Friday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Janmāṣṭamī 2005 falls on Friday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:02 on Fri 26 Aug to 12:45 on Sat 27 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/2005/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 26 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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:02 → 20:4500:310 min00:300 min25 Aug
Chicago22:02 → 22:4500:280 min00:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City23:02 → 23:4500:340 min00:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain23:02 → 23:4523:441 min23:430 min26 Aug
London04:02 → 04:4500:3948 min00:380 min26 Aug
Durban05:02 → 05:4523:3348 min23:330 min26 Aug
Dubai07:02 → 07:4523:5748 min23:560 min26 Aug
Delhi08:32 → 09:1523:5948 min23:590 min26 Aug
Kolkata08:32 → 09:1523:1448 min23:140 min26 Aug
Singapore11:02 → 11:4500:4248 min00:420 min26 Aug
Sydney13:02 → 13:4523:3348 min23:320 min26 Aug
Suva15:02 → 15:4523:4448 min23:440 min26 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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