Night of Friday 2 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:16 01:04 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 01:03:59
23:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:2801:52
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1988
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 08 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 2 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 3 September
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
32 of 48 minutes covered, the first 32
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:04 on Sat 3 Sep to 00:48 on Sun 4 Sep.
1988-09-02T16:04:00Z → 1988-09-03T15:47:50Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:16–01:04 on the 2nd, 00:16–01:04 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 32 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 8 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1988: Saturday 3 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 1988 falls on Saturday 3 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:04 on Sat 3 Sep to 00:48 on Sun 4 Sep and covers 32 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 0 min 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 3 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 3 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 3 Sep |
| 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 2nd | Covered | Niśītha 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:04 → 08:48 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:04 → 10:48 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:04 → 11:48 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:04 → 11:48 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| London | 17:04 → 16:48 | 00:36 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Durban | 18:04 → 17:48 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:04 → 19:48 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Delhi | 21:34 → 21:18 | 23:57 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Kolkata | 21:34 → 21:18 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Singapore | 00:04 → 23:48 | 00:40 | 48 min | 00:40 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:04 → 01:48 | 23:30 | 0 min | 23:30 | 48 min | 3 Sep |
| Suva | 04:04 → 03:48 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 3 Sep |