Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1949

Tuesday 16 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 212 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Tuesday 16 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:20  00:08 niśītha ends
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 17 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:20  00:08 niśītha ends
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

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 18:00 on Tue 16 Aug to 19:49 on Wed 17 Aug.

    1949-08-16T09:59:46Z → 1949-08-17T11:48:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:20–00:08 on the 16th, 23:20–00:08 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 12703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1949: Tuesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1949 falls on Tuesday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:00 on Tue 16 Aug to 19:49 on Wed 17 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1949/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 16thCoveredNiśītha 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:00 → 03:4923:3348 min23:330 min16 Aug
Chicago05:00 → 06:4900:3148 min00:310 min16 Aug
Jersey City06:00 → 07:4900:3748 min00:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain06:00 → 07:4923:4648 min23:460 min16 Aug
London11:00 → 12:4900:4148 min00:410 min16 Aug
Durban12:00 → 13:4923:3648 min23:360 min16 Aug
Dubai14:00 → 15:4923:5948 min23:590 min16 Aug
Delhi15:30 → 17:1900:0148 min00:010 min16 Aug
Kolkata15:30 → 17:1923:1748 min23:170 min16 Aug
Singapore17:30 → 19:1900:1548 min00:150 min16 Aug
Sydney20:00 → 21:4923:3548 min23:350 min16 Aug
Suva22:00 → 23:4923:4648 min23:462 min17 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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