Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2014

Saturday 16 August

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 minutes.

Decide it for

LimaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Saturday 16 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:48  00:36 niśītha ends
23:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:0001:24

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Sunday 17 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:48  00:36 niśītha ends
23:0023:2423:4800:1200:3601:0001:24

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 19:26 on Sat 16 Aug to 19:36 on Sun 17 Aug.

    2014-08-17T00:26:03Z → 2014-08-18T00:36:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:48–00:36 on the 16th, 23:48–00:36 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 15093 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Lima, 2014: Saturday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Janmāṣṭamī 2014 falls on Saturday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:26 on Sat 16 Aug to 19:36 on Sun 17 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2014/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 17thCoveredNiśītha 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:26 → 17:3600:330 min00:330 min16 Aug
Chicago19:26 → 19:3600:310 min00:310 min16 Aug
Jersey City20:26 → 20:3600:360 min00:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain20:26 → 20:3623:460 min23:460 min16 Aug
London01:26 → 01:3600:4148 min00:410 min17 Aug
Durban02:26 → 02:3623:3648 min23:350 min17 Aug
Dubai04:26 → 04:3623:5948 min23:590 min17 Aug
Delhi05:56 → 06:0600:0148 min00:010 min17 Aug
Kolkata05:56 → 06:0623:1748 min23:160 min17 Aug
Singapore08:26 → 08:3600:4548 min00:440 min17 Aug
Sydney10:26 → 10:3623:3548 min23:350 min17 Aug
Suva12:26 → 12:3623:4648 min23:460 min17 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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