Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2086

Saturday 31 August

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Friday 30 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:17  00:05 niśītha ends
22:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:53

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 31 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:17  00:05 niśītha ends
22:2922:5323:1723:4100:0500:2900:53

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 04:33 on Sat 31 Aug to 03:24 on Sun 1 Sep.

    2086-08-30T20:32:59Z → 2086-08-31T19:23:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:17–00:05 on the 30th, 23:17–00:05 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 11943 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2086: Saturday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2086 falls on Saturday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:33 on Sat 31 Aug to 03:24 on Sun 1 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2086/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredNiśītha 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:33 → 12:2400:3048 min00:290 min30 Aug
Chicago15:33 → 14:2400:2848 min00:270 min30 Aug
Jersey City16:33 → 15:2400:3348 min00:330 min30 Aug
Port of Spain16:33 → 15:2423:4348 min23:420 min30 Aug
London21:33 → 20:2400:3848 min00:370 min30 Aug
Durban22:33 → 21:2423:3248 min23:320 min30 Aug
Dubai00:33 → 23:2423:5611 min23:550 min30 Aug
Delhi02:03 → 00:5423:580 min23:5848 min31 Aug
Kolkata02:03 → 00:5423:130 min23:1348 min31 Aug
Singapore04:33 → 03:2400:410 min00:4148 min31 Aug
Sydney06:33 → 05:2423:320 min23:3148 min31 Aug
Suva08:33 → 07:2423:430 min23:4348 min31 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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