Night of Friday 4 September
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:19 01:07 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:24:50
23:3123:5500:1900:4301:0701:3101:55
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1931
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 21 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 4 September
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Night of Saturday 5 September
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:25 on Sat 5 Sep to 01:06 on Sun 6 Sep.
1931-09-04T18:54:50Z → 1931-09-05T19:35:46Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:19–01:07 on the 4th, 00:19–01:07 on the 5th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 43 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 47 of 48 on the 5th.
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 81 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Multan, 1931: Saturday 5 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Janmāṣṭamī 1931 falls on Saturday 5 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:25 on Sat 5 Sep to 01:06 on Sun 6 Sep and covers 47 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 43 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 1 min 21 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 Sep |
| 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 4th | Covered | Niśītha 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:55 → 11:36 | 23:28 | 48 min | 23:28 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Chicago | 13:55 → 14:36 | 00:26 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Jersey City | 14:55 → 15:36 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 14:55 → 15:36 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| London | 19:55 → 20:36 | 00:36 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Durban | 20:55 → 21:36 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:30 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Dubai | 22:55 → 23:36 | 23:54 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 4 Sep |
| Delhi | 00:25 → 01:06 | 23:56 | 20 min | 23:56 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Kolkata | 00:25 → 01:06 | 23:12 | 0 min | 23:12 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Singapore | 01:55 → 02:36 | 23:40 | 0 min | 23:39 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Sydney | 04:55 → 05:36 | 23:30 | 0 min | 23:30 | 48 min | 5 Sep |
| Suva | 06:55 → 07:36 | 23:41 | 0 min | 23:41 | 48 min | 5 Sep |