Night of Wednesday 24 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:19 00:07 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:47:19
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2016
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 40 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Wednesday 24 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Thursday 25 August
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:47 on Thu 25 Aug to 22:38 on Thu 25 Aug.
2016-08-24T16:47:20Z → 2016-08-25T14:37:49Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 24th, 23:18–00:06 on the 25th.
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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 2425 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2016: Thursday 25 August.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2016 falls on Thursday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:47 on Thu 25 Aug to 22:38 on Thu 25 Aug, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 25 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 25 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 25 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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:47 → 07:38 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:47 → 09:38 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:47 → 10:38 | 00:35 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 12:47 → 10:38 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| London | 17:47 → 15:38 | 00:39 | 48 min | 00:39 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Durban | 18:47 → 16:38 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Dubai | 20:47 → 18:38 | 23:57 | 48 min | 23:57 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:17 → 20:08 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:17 → 20:08 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:47 → 22:38 | 00:43 | 43 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Sydney | 02:47 → 00:38 | 23:33 | 0 min | 23:33 | 48 min | 25 Aug |
| Suva | 04:47 → 02:38 | 23:44 | 0 min | 23:44 | 48 min | 25 Aug |