Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1960

Sunday 14 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 49 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 Saturday 13 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:21  00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 14 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:21  00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57

48 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 00:58 on Sun 14 Aug to 02:24 on Mon 15 Aug.

    1960-08-13T16:58:11Z → 1960-08-14T18:23:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 13th, 23:21–00:09 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 2950 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1960: Sunday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1960 falls on Sunday 14 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:58 on Sun 14 Aug to 02:24 on Mon 15 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1960/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 13thCoveredNiśītha 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:58 → 11:2400:3448 min00:340 min13 Aug
Chicago11:58 → 13:2400:3148 min00:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City12:58 → 14:2400:3748 min00:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain12:58 → 14:2423:4748 min23:470 min13 Aug
London17:58 → 19:2400:4248 min00:410 min13 Aug
Durban18:58 → 20:2423:3648 min23:360 min13 Aug
Dubai20:58 → 22:2400:0048 min23:590 min13 Aug
Delhi22:28 → 23:5400:0248 min00:020 min13 Aug
Kolkata22:28 → 23:5423:1748 min23:1737 min14 Aug
Singapore00:28 → 01:5400:1535 min00:1548 min14 Aug
Sydney02:58 → 04:2423:360 min23:3548 min14 Aug
Suva04:58 → 06:2423:470 min23:4748 min14 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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