Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1941

Thursday 14 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 30 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two nights

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

Night of Thursday 14 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 00:21  01:09 niśītha ends
23:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:3301:57

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 15 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 00:21  01:09 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī ends 23:51:03
23:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:3301:57

0 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 21:27 on Thu 14 Aug to 23:51 on Fri 15 Aug.

    1941-08-14T12:26:56Z → 1941-08-15T14:51:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:21–01:09 on the 14th, 00:21–01:09 on the 15th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 1779 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1941: Thursday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1941 falls on Thursday 14 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:27 on Thu 14 Aug to 23:51 on Fri 15 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1941/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 14thCoveredNiśītha 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:27 → 06:5123:3448 min23:330 min14 Aug
Chicago07:27 → 09:5100:3148 min00:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City08:27 → 10:5100:3748 min00:370 min14 Aug
Port of Spain08:27 → 10:5123:4748 min23:460 min14 Aug
London13:27 → 15:5100:4148 min00:410 min14 Aug
Durban14:27 → 16:5123:3648 min23:360 min14 Aug
Dubai16:27 → 18:5123:5948 min23:590 min14 Aug
Delhi17:57 → 20:2100:0248 min00:020 min14 Aug
Kolkata17:57 → 20:2123:1748 min23:170 min14 Aug
Singapore19:47 → 22:1100:0548 min00:050 min14 Aug
Sydney22:27 → 00:5123:3648 min23:3548 min15 Aug
Suva00:27 → 02:5123:478 min23:4748 min15 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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