Night of Tuesday 19 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:00 00:48 niśītha ends
23:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:1201:36
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2003
Boundaryin Melbourne, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 41 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 19 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 20 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the first 5
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 00:04 on Thu 21 Aug.
2003-08-19T11:31:05Z → 2003-08-20T14:03:58Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:00–00:48 on the 19th, 23:59–00:47 on the 20th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 5 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 281 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Melbourne, 2003: Wednesday 20 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Melbourne, Janmāṣṭamī 2003 falls on Wednesday 20 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:31 on Tue 19 Aug to 00:04 on Thu 21 Aug and covers 5 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Melbourne. | ||
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 19th | Covered | Niśītha 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:31 → 07:04 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Chicago | 06:31 → 09:04 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Jersey City | 07:31 → 10:04 | 00:36 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 07:31 → 10:04 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| London | 12:31 → 15:04 | 00:40 | 48 min | 00:40 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Durban | 13:31 → 16:04 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Dubai | 15:31 → 18:04 | 23:59 | 48 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Delhi | 17:01 → 19:34 | 00:01 | 48 min | 00:01 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Kolkata | 17:01 → 19:34 | 23:16 | 48 min | 23:16 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Singapore | 19:31 → 22:04 | 00:44 | 48 min | 00:44 | 0 min | 19 Aug |
| Sydney | 21:31 → 00:04 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:34 | 30 min | 20 Aug |
| Suva | 23:31 → 02:04 | 23:46 | 48 min | 23:46 | 48 min | 20 Aug |