Night of Tuesday 22 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:21 00:09 niśītha ends
22:3322:5723:2123:4500:0900:3300:57
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1905
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 59 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 22 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 23 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
8 of 48 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:39 on Tue 22 Aug to 23:29 on Wed 23 Aug.
1905-08-22T17:11:09Z → 1905-08-23T19:00:49Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:21–00:09 on the 22nd, 23:21–00:09 on the 23rd.
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 22nd and 8 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 479 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Multan, 1905: Wednesday 23 August.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Janmāṣṭamī 1905 falls on Wednesday 23 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:39 on Tue 22 Aug to 23:29 on Wed 23 Aug and covers 8 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 23 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 23 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 22nd | Covered | Niśītha 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:11 → 11:01 | 23:32 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:11 → 13:01 | 23:30 | 48 min | 23:29 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:11 → 14:01 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:11 → 15:01 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:45 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| London | 17:11 → 19:01 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Durban | 19:11 → 21:01 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:34 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Dubai | 20:52 → 22:42 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:38 | 0 min | 22 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:32 → 00:22 | 23:51 | 48 min | 23:51 | 31 min | 23 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:32 → 00:22 | 23:07 | 48 min | 23:06 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:11 → 02:01 | 23:43 | 20 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:11 → 05:01 | 23:34 | 0 min | 23:34 | 48 min | 23 Aug |
| Suva | 05:06 → 06:56 | 23:40 | 0 min | 23:40 | 48 min | 23 Aug |