Night of Saturday 11 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:21 00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1906
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 11 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 12 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
36 of 48 minutes covered, the first 36
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:42 on Sat 11 Aug to 23:57 on Sun 12 Aug.
1906-08-11T13:41:35Z → 1906-08-12T15:56:57Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 11th, 23:21–00:09 on the 12th.
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 11th and 36 of 48 on the 12th.
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 738 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1906: Sunday 12 August.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1906 falls on Sunday 12 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:42 on Sat 11 Aug to 23:57 on Sun 12 Aug and covers 36 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 12 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 12 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Niśītha 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:42 → 07:57 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:34 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Chicago | 07:42 → 09:57 | 23:32 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Jersey City | 08:42 → 10:57 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 09:42 → 11:57 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| London | 13:42 → 15:57 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Durban | 15:42 → 17:57 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Dubai | 17:23 → 19:38 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Delhi | 19:12 → 21:27 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Kolkata | 19:12 → 21:27 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Singapore | 20:42 → 22:57 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Sydney | 23:42 → 01:57 | 23:36 | 42 min | 23:36 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Suva | 01:37 → 03:52 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 12 Aug |