Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2044

Tuesday 16 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 299 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 Monday 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

Night of Tuesday 16 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:20  00:08 niśītha ends
22:3222:5623:2023:4400:0800:3200:56

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 06:52 on Tue 16 Aug to 05:07 on Wed 17 Aug.

    2044-08-15T22:52:03Z → 2044-08-16T21:07:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 15th, 23:20–00:08 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 17933 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2044: Tuesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2044 falls on Tuesday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:52 on Tue 16 Aug to 05:07 on Wed 17 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2044/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 Aug
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 15thCoveredNiśītha 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:52 → 14:0700:3348 min00:330 min15 Aug
Chicago17:52 → 16:0700:3148 min00:310 min15 Aug
Jersey City18:52 → 17:0700:3748 min00:370 min15 Aug
Port of Spain18:52 → 17:0723:4648 min23:460 min15 Aug
London23:52 → 22:0700:4148 min00:410 min15 Aug
Durban00:52 → 23:0723:360 min23:360 min16 Aug
Dubai02:52 → 01:0723:590 min23:5948 min16 Aug
Delhi04:22 → 02:3700:020 min00:0148 min16 Aug
Kolkata04:22 → 02:3723:170 min23:1748 min16 Aug
Singapore06:52 → 05:0700:450 min00:4548 min16 Aug
Sydney08:52 → 07:0723:350 min23:3548 min16 Aug
Suva10:52 → 09:0723:470 min23:4648 min16 Aug
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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