Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2057

Tuesday 21 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 58 s.

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 Tuesday 21 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 22 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:19  00:07 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī ends 23:10:13
22:3122:5523:1923:4300:0700:3100:55

0 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 21:02 on Tue 21 Aug to 23:10 on Wed 22 Aug.

    2057-08-21T13:01:34Z → 2057-08-22T15:10:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:19–00:07 on the 21st, 23:19–00:07 on the 22nd.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 538 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2057: Tuesday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 2057 falls on Tuesday 21 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:02 on Tue 21 Aug to 23:10 on Wed 22 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2057/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 21stCoveredNiśītha 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:02 → 08:1000:3248 min00:320 min21 Aug
Chicago08:02 → 10:1000:3048 min00:300 min21 Aug
Jersey City09:02 → 11:1000:3648 min00:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain09:02 → 11:1023:4548 min23:450 min21 Aug
London14:02 → 16:1000:4048 min00:400 min21 Aug
Durban15:02 → 17:1023:3548 min23:340 min21 Aug
Dubai17:02 → 19:1023:5848 min23:580 min21 Aug
Delhi18:32 → 20:4000:0048 min00:000 min21 Aug
Kolkata18:32 → 20:4023:1648 min23:160 min21 Aug
Singapore21:02 → 23:1000:4448 min00:430 min21 Aug
Sydney23:02 → 01:1023:3448 min23:3448 min22 Aug
Suva01:02 → 03:1023:450 min23:4548 min22 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

About Ahargaṇa