Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1913

Sunday 24 August

Determinatein Perth, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 206 minutes.

Decide it for

31°57′ S 115°52′ E · Australia/Perth · GeoNames 2063523

The two nights

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

Night of Sunday 24 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 25 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:54  00:42 niśītha ends
23:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:0601:30

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 19:55 on Sun 24 Aug to 20:28 on Mon 25 Aug.

    1913-08-24T11:55:22Z → 1913-08-25T12:27:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:55–00:43 on the 24th, 23:54–00:42 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 12387 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Perth, 1913: Sunday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Perth, Janmāṣṭamī 1913 falls on Sunday 24 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:55 on Sun 24 Aug to 20:28 on Mon 25 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/perth/festivals/1913/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Perth.

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 24thCoveredNiśītha 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:55 → 04:2823:3148 min23:310 min24 Aug
Chicago05:55 → 06:2823:2948 min23:290 min24 Aug
Jersey City06:55 → 07:2823:3548 min23:350 min24 Aug
Port of Spain07:55 → 08:2823:4448 min23:440 min24 Aug
London11:55 → 12:2823:3948 min23:390 min24 Aug
Durban13:55 → 14:2823:3448 min23:340 min24 Aug
Dubai15:36 → 16:0923:3848 min23:380 min24 Aug
Delhi17:25 → 17:5800:0048 min23:590 min24 Aug
Kolkata17:25 → 17:5823:1548 min23:150 min24 Aug
Singapore18:55 → 19:2823:4348 min23:430 min24 Aug
Sydney21:55 → 22:2823:3348 min23:330 min24 Aug
Suva23:50 → 00:2323:4037 min23:3944 min25 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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