Night of Thursday 15 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:21 00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1968
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 53 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 15 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 16 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
6 of 48 minutes covered, the first 6
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:02 on Thu 15 Aug to 23:26 on Fri 16 Aug.
1968-08-15T13:02:29Z → 1968-08-16T15:26:19Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 15th, 23:20–00:08 on the 16th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 6 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 353 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1968: Friday 16 August.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1968 falls on Friday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:02 on Thu 15 Aug to 23:26 on Fri 16 Aug and covers 6 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 16 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 16 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 16 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 15th | Covered | Niśītha 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:02 → 08:26 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Chicago | 08:02 → 10:26 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Jersey City | 09:02 → 11:26 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 09:02 → 11:26 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| London | 14:02 → 16:26 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Durban | 15:02 → 17:26 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Dubai | 17:02 → 19:26 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Delhi | 18:32 → 20:56 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:01 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Kolkata | 18:32 → 20:56 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Singapore | 20:32 → 22:56 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Sydney | 23:02 → 01:26 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:35 | 48 min | 16 Aug |
| Suva | 01:02 → 03:26 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 16 Aug |