Night of Thursday 10 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
niśītha begins 00:21 01:09 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:37:06
23:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:3301:57
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1944
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 16 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 10 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Night of Friday 11 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:37 on Fri 11 Aug to 23:16 on Fri 11 Aug.
1944-08-10T15:37:06Z → 1944-08-11T14:15:53Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:21–01:09 on the 10th, 00:21–01:09 on the 11th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 32 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 937 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1944: Thursday 10 August.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1944 falls on Thursday 10 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:37 on Fri 11 Aug to 23:16 on Fri 11 Aug and covers 32 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 10 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 10 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 10 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 10th | Covered | Niśītha 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:37 → 07:16 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Chicago | 10:37 → 09:16 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Jersey City | 11:37 → 10:16 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 12:37 → 11:16 | 00:47 | 48 min | 00:47 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| London | 17:37 → 16:16 | 01:42 | 48 min | 01:42 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Durban | 17:37 → 16:16 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Dubai | 19:37 → 18:16 | 00:00 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:07 → 20:46 | 01:02 | 48 min | 01:02 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:07 → 20:46 | 00:18 | 48 min | 00:18 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:37 → 23:16 | 01:46 | 48 min | 01:46 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Sydney | 01:37 → 00:16 | 23:36 | 0 min | 23:36 | 40 min | 11 Aug |
| Suva | 03:37 → 02:16 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:47 | 48 min | 11 Aug |