Night of Monday 29 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
niśītha begins 23:17 00:05 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 23:18:36
22:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:53
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2078
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 14 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 29 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Night of Tuesday 30 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:19 on Mon 29 Aug to 21:20 on Tue 30 Aug.
2078-08-29T15:18:37Z → 2078-08-30T13:20:21Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:17–00:05 on the 29th, 23:17–00:05 on the 30th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.
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 74 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2078: Monday 29 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī 2078 falls on Monday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:19 on Mon 29 Aug to 21:20 on Tue 30 Aug and covers 47 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It is 1 min 14 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 29 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 29 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 29 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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:19 → 06:20 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Chicago | 10:19 → 08:20 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:27 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Jersey City | 11:19 → 09:20 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 11:19 → 09:20 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| London | 16:19 → 14:20 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Durban | 17:19 → 15:20 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Dubai | 19:19 → 17:20 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Delhi | 20:49 → 18:50 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Kolkata | 20:49 → 18:50 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Singapore | 23:19 → 21:20 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Sydney | 01:19 → 23:20 | 23:32 | 0 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Suva | 03:19 → 01:20 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 30 Aug |