Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2091

Thursday 6 September

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 Wednesday 5 September

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 22:53:35
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Thursday 6 September

Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.

niśītha begins 23:15  00:03 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī ends 00:36:49
22:2722:5123:1523:3900:0300:2700:51

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 22:54 on Wed 5 Sep to 00:37 on Fri 7 Sep.

    2091-09-05T14:53:36Z → 2091-09-06T16:36:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:15–00:03 on the 5th, 23:15–00:03 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1302 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2091: Thursday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2091 falls on Thursday 6 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:54 on Wed 5 Sep to 00:37 on Fri 7 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2091/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 Sep
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 5thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:54 → 09:3700:2848 min00:280 min5 Sep
Chicago09:54 → 11:3700:2648 min00:250 min5 Sep
Jersey City10:54 → 12:3700:3148 min00:310 min5 Sep
Port of Spain10:54 → 12:3723:4148 min23:410 min5 Sep
London15:54 → 17:3700:3648 min00:350 min5 Sep
Durban16:54 → 18:3723:3048 min23:300 min5 Sep
Dubai18:54 → 20:3723:5448 min23:530 min5 Sep
Delhi20:24 → 22:0723:5648 min23:560 min5 Sep
Kolkata20:24 → 22:0723:1248 min23:110 min5 Sep
Singapore22:54 → 00:3700:4048 min00:390 min5 Sep
Sydney00:54 → 02:3723:300 min23:3048 min6 Sep
Suva02:54 → 04:3723:410 min23:4148 min6 Sep
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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