Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2015

Saturday 5 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Friday 4 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 5 September

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

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 06:26 on Sat 5 Sep to 05:32 on Sun 6 Sep.

    2015-09-04T22:25:42Z → 2015-09-05T21:32:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 4th, 23:15–00:03 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 19746 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2015: Saturday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2015 falls on Saturday 5 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:26 on Sat 5 Sep to 05:32 on Sun 6 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2015/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Sep
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 4thCoveredNiśītha 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:26 → 14:3200:2848 min00:280 min4 Sep
Chicago17:26 → 16:3200:2648 min00:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City18:26 → 17:3200:3148 min00:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain18:26 → 17:3223:4148 min23:410 min4 Sep
London23:26 → 22:3200:3648 min00:360 min4 Sep
Durban00:26 → 23:3223:310 min23:302 min5 Sep
Dubai02:26 → 01:3223:540 min23:5448 min5 Sep
Delhi03:56 → 03:0223:560 min23:5648 min5 Sep
Kolkata03:56 → 03:0223:120 min23:1148 min5 Sep
Singapore06:26 → 05:3200:400 min00:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney08:26 → 07:3223:300 min23:3048 min5 Sep
Suva10:26 → 09:3223:410 min23:4148 min5 Sep
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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