Night of Sunday 13 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:49 00:37 niśītha ends
23:0123:2523:4900:1300:3701:0101:25
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2017
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 393 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 13 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Monday 14 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:16 on Mon 14 Aug to 07:10 on Tue 15 Aug.
2017-08-14T14:15:44Z → 2017-08-15T12:09:53Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:49–00:37 on the 13th, 23:49–00:37 on the 14th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.
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 23602 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Lima, 2017: Monday 14 August.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Janmāṣṭamī 2017 falls on Monday 14 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:16 on Mon 14 Aug to 07:10 on Tue 15 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 14 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 14 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 14 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:16 → 05:10 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Chicago | 09:16 → 07:10 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Jersey City | 10:16 → 08:10 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 10:16 → 08:10 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| London | 15:16 → 13:10 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Durban | 16:16 → 14:10 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Dubai | 18:16 → 16:10 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Delhi | 19:46 → 17:40 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Kolkata | 19:46 → 17:40 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Singapore | 22:16 → 20:10 | 00:45 | 48 min | 00:45 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Sydney | 00:16 → 22:10 | 23:36 | 8 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Suva | 02:16 → 00:10 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:47 | 23 min | 15 Aug |