Night of Sunday 25 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:18 01:06 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 23:48:56
23:3023:5400:1800:4201:0601:3001:54
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1940
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 31 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 25 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 26 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:49 on Sun 25 Aug to 01:06 on Tue 27 Aug.
1940-08-25T14:48:57Z → 1940-08-26T16:05:31Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:18–01:06 on the 25th, 00:18–01:06 on the 26th.
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 25th and 47 of 48 on the 26th.
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 31 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1940: Monday 26 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1940 falls on Monday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:49 on Sun 25 Aug to 01:06 on Tue 27 Aug and covers 47 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 0 min 31 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 26 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 26 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 26 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 25th | Covered | Niśītha 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:49 → 08:06 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Chicago | 09:49 → 11:06 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Jersey City | 10:49 → 12:06 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 10:49 → 12:06 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| London | 15:49 → 17:06 | 00:39 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Durban | 16:49 → 18:06 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Dubai | 18:49 → 20:06 | 23:57 | 48 min | 23:57 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Delhi | 20:19 → 21:36 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Kolkata | 20:19 → 21:36 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:14 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Singapore | 22:09 → 23:26 | 00:03 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Sydney | 00:49 → 02:06 | 23:33 | 0 min | 23:33 | 48 min | 26 Aug |
| Suva | 02:49 → 04:06 | 23:44 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 26 Aug |