Night of Friday 15 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:21 00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2025
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 28 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 15 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 16 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the first 45
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:20 on Sat 16 Aug to 00:05 on Sun 17 Aug.
2025-08-15T18:20:19Z → 2025-08-16T16:05:03Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 15th, 23:21–00:09 on the 16th.
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 15th and 45 of 48 on the 16th.
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 208 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2025: Saturday 16 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2025 falls on Saturday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:20 on Sat 16 Aug to 00:05 on Sun 17 Aug and covers 45 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 3 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 16 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 16 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 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 | 11:20 → 09:05 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Chicago | 13:20 → 11:05 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Jersey City | 14:20 → 12:05 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 14:20 → 12:05 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| London | 19:20 → 17:05 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Durban | 20:20 → 18:05 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Dubai | 22:20 → 20:05 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Delhi | 23:50 → 21:35 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:01 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Kolkata | 23:50 → 21:35 | 23:17 | 15 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Singapore | 02:20 → 00:05 | 00:45 | 0 min | 00:45 | 0 min | 16 Aug |
| Sydney | 04:20 → 02:05 | 23:35 | 0 min | 23:35 | 48 min | 16 Aug |
| Suva | 06:20 → 04:05 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 16 Aug |