Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1963

Sunday 11 August

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Sunday 11 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:55  00:43 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:29:34
23:0723:3123:5500:1900:4301:0701:31

14 of 48 minutes covered, the last 14

Night of Monday 12 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:55  00:43 niśītha ends
23:0723:3123:5500:1900:4301:0701:31

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 00:30 on Mon 12 Aug to 22:14 on Mon 12 Aug.

    1963-08-11T19:29:34Z → 1963-08-12T17:14:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:55–00:43 on the 11th, 23:55–00:43 on the 12th.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 14 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 832 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Multan, 1963: Sunday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Janmāṣṭamī 1963 falls on Sunday 11 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:30 on Mon 12 Aug to 22:14 on Mon 12 Aug and covers 14 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1963/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 11thCoveredNiśītha 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:30 → 10:1400:3448 min00:340 min11 Aug
Chicago14:30 → 12:1400:3248 min00:320 min11 Aug
Jersey City15:30 → 13:1400:3848 min00:380 min11 Aug
Port of Spain15:30 → 13:1423:4748 min23:470 min11 Aug
London20:30 → 18:1400:4248 min00:420 min11 Aug
Durban21:30 → 19:1423:3748 min23:370 min11 Aug
Dubai23:30 → 21:1400:0048 min00:000 min11 Aug
Delhi01:00 → 22:4400:020 min00:020 min12 Aug
Kolkata01:00 → 22:4423:180 min23:180 min12 Aug
Singapore03:00 → 00:4400:160 min00:1629 min12 Aug
Sydney05:30 → 03:1423:360 min23:3648 min12 Aug
Suva07:30 → 05:1423:470 min23:4748 min12 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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