Night of Thursday 17 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:20 00:08 niśītha ends
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1995
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 17 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 18 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:03 on Thu 17 Aug to 00:11 on Sat 19 Aug.
1995-08-17T14:02:55Z → 1995-08-18T16:10:58Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:20–00:08 on the 17th, 23:20–00:08 on the 18th.
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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
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 167 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1995: Friday 18 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1995 falls on Friday 18 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:03 on Thu 17 Aug to 00:11 on Sat 19 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 2 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 18 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 18 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 18 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 17th | Covered | Niśītha 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:03 → 09:11 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Chicago | 09:03 → 11:11 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Jersey City | 10:03 → 12:11 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 10:03 → 12:11 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| London | 15:03 → 17:11 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Durban | 16:03 → 18:11 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Dubai | 18:03 → 20:11 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Delhi | 19:33 → 21:41 | 00:01 | 48 min | 00:01 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Kolkata | 19:33 → 21:41 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Singapore | 22:03 → 00:11 | 00:45 | 48 min | 00:44 | 0 min | 17 Aug |
| Sydney | 00:03 → 02:11 | 23:35 | 20 min | 23:35 | 48 min | 18 Aug |
| Suva | 02:03 → 04:11 | 23:46 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 18 Aug |