Night of Thursday 18 August
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:06 00:54 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:51:30
23:1823:4200:0600:3000:5401:1801:42
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2022
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 09 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 18 August
Qualifies with 2 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the last 2
Night of Friday 19 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:52 on Fri 19 Aug to 02:30 on Sat 20 Aug.
2022-08-18T15:51:30Z → 2022-08-19T17:29:59Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:06–00:54 on the 18th, 00:05–00:53 on the 19th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 2 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.
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 129 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2022: Friday 19 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Janmāṣṭamī 2022 falls on Friday 19 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:52 on Fri 19 Aug to 02:30 on Sat 20 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 2 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 09 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 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 18th | Covered | Niśītha 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:52 → 10:30 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Chicago | 10:52 → 12:30 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Jersey City | 11:52 → 13:30 | 00:36 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 11:52 → 13:30 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| London | 16:52 → 18:30 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:40 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Durban | 17:52 → 19:30 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Dubai | 19:52 → 21:30 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Delhi | 21:22 → 23:00 | 00:01 | 48 min | 00:01 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Kolkata | 21:22 → 23:00 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 18 Aug |
| Singapore | 23:52 → 01:30 | 00:44 | 48 min | 00:44 | 46 min | 19 Aug |
| Sydney | 01:52 → 03:30 | 23:35 | 0 min | 23:35 | 48 min | 19 Aug |
| Suva | 03:52 → 05:30 | 23:46 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 19 Aug |