Night of Friday 30 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:51 00:39 niśītha ends
23:0323:2723:5100:1500:3901:0301:27
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2086
Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 30 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 31 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
33 of 48 minutes covered, the first 33
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:33 on Sat 31 Aug to 00:24 on Sun 1 Sep.
2086-08-30T20:32:59Z → 2086-08-31T19:23:53Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:51–00:39 on the 30th, 23:51–00:39 on the 31st.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 33 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 890 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Multan, 2086: Saturday 31 August.
confidence: determinate
In Multan, Janmāṣṭamī 2086 falls on Saturday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:33 on Sat 31 Aug to 00:24 on Sun 1 Sep and covers 33 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 31 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 31 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 31 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 30th | Covered | Niśītha 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:33 → 12:24 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Chicago | 15:33 → 14:24 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:27 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Jersey City | 16:33 → 15:24 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 16:33 → 15:24 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| London | 21:33 → 20:24 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Durban | 22:33 → 21:24 | 23:32 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Dubai | 00:33 → 23:24 | 23:56 | 11 min | 23:55 | 0 min | 30 Aug |
| Delhi | 02:03 → 00:54 | 23:58 | 0 min | 23:58 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Kolkata | 02:03 → 00:54 | 23:13 | 0 min | 23:13 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Singapore | 04:33 → 03:24 | 00:41 | 0 min | 00:41 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Sydney | 06:33 → 05:24 | 23:32 | 0 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 31 Aug |
| Suva | 08:33 → 07:24 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 31 Aug |