Night of Friday 1 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:50 00:38 niśītha ends
23:0223:2623:5000:1400:3801:0201:26
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2056
Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 40 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 1 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 2 September
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the first 1
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:32 on Fri 1 Sep to 23:50 on Sat 2 Sep.
2056-09-01T16:32:03Z → 2056-09-02T18:50:25Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:50–00:38 on the 1st, 23:50–00:38 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 1 of 48 on the 2nd.
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 40 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Multan, 2056: Saturday 2 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Multan, Janmāṣṭamī 2056 falls on Saturday 2 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:32 on Fri 1 Sep to 23:50 on Sat 2 Sep and covers 1 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 0 min 40 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 2 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 2 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 1 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 1st | Covered | Niśītha 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:32 → 11:50 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Chicago | 11:32 → 13:50 | 00:27 | 48 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Jersey City | 12:32 → 14:50 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 12:32 → 14:50 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| London | 17:32 → 19:50 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Durban | 18:32 → 20:50 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Dubai | 20:32 → 22:50 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Delhi | 22:02 → 00:20 | 23:57 | 48 min | 23:57 | 24 min | 2 Sep |
| Kolkata | 22:02 → 00:20 | 23:12 | 48 min | 23:12 | 48 min | 2 Sep |
| Singapore | 00:32 → 02:50 | 00:40 | 48 min | 00:40 | 48 min | 2 Sep |
| Sydney | 02:32 → 04:50 | 23:31 | 0 min | 23:30 | 48 min | 2 Sep |
| Suva | 04:32 → 06:50 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 2 Sep |