Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2076

Friday 21 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 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 Thursday 20 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 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

Aṣṭamī presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:00 on Fri 21 Aug to 07:15 on Sat 22 Aug.

    2076-08-20T23:00:25Z → 2076-08-21T23:14:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:20–00:08 on the 20th, 23:19–00:07 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 24762 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2076: Friday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2076 falls on Friday 21 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:00 on Fri 21 Aug to 07:15 on Sat 22 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2076/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 20thCoveredNiśītha 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:00 → 16:1500:3248 min00:320 min20 Aug
Chicago18:00 → 18:1500:3048 min00:300 min20 Aug
Jersey City19:00 → 19:1500:3648 min00:360 min20 Aug
Port of Spain19:00 → 19:1523:4548 min23:450 min20 Aug
London00:00 → 00:1500:4048 min00:400 min20 Aug
Durban01:00 → 01:1523:350 min23:3548 min21 Aug
Dubai03:00 → 03:1523:580 min23:5848 min21 Aug
Delhi04:30 → 04:4500:010 min00:0048 min21 Aug
Kolkata04:30 → 04:4523:160 min23:1648 min21 Aug
Singapore07:00 → 07:1500:440 min00:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney09:00 → 09:1523:340 min23:3448 min21 Aug
Suva11:00 → 11:1523:460 min23:4548 min21 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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