Night of Sunday 27 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:18 00:06 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:32:59
22:3022:5423:1823:4200:0600:3000:54
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1967
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 27 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 27 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 28 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:33 on Mon 28 Aug to 02:28 on Tue 29 Aug.
1967-08-27T16:32:59Z → 1967-08-28T18:28:18Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:18–00:06 on the 27th, 23:18–00:06 on the 28th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
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 1623 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1967: Monday 28 August.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1967 falls on Monday 28 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:33 on Mon 28 Aug to 02:28 on Tue 29 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 28 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 28 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 28 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 27th | Covered | Niśītha 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:33 → 11:28 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:33 → 13:28 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:33 → 14:28 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 12:33 → 14:28 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| London | 17:33 → 19:28 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Durban | 18:33 → 20:28 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Dubai | 20:33 → 22:28 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:03 → 23:58 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 27 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:03 → 23:58 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:14 | 44 min | 28 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:03 → 01:58 | 00:12 | 48 min | 00:12 | 48 min | 28 Aug |
| Sydney | 02:33 → 04:28 | 23:33 | 0 min | 23:32 | 48 min | 28 Aug |
| Suva | 04:33 → 06:28 | 23:44 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 28 Aug |