Night of Thursday 13 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:09 00:57 niśītha ends
23:2123:4500:0900:3300:5701:2101:45
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1998
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 13 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 14 August
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:54 on Fri 14 Aug to 23:46 on Fri 14 Aug.
1998-08-14T08:54:25Z → 1998-08-15T06:46:29Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:09–00:57 on the 13th, 00:09–00:57 on the 14th.
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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 1353 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1998: Friday 14 August.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Janmāṣṭamī 1998 falls on Friday 14 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:54 on Fri 14 Aug to 23:46 on Fri 14 Aug, and reaches niśītha on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 14 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 14 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 14 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Niśītha 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:54 → 23:46 | 00:34 | 0 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Chicago | 03:54 → 01:46 | 00:31 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Jersey City | 04:54 → 02:46 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 04:54 → 02:46 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| London | 09:54 → 07:46 | 00:41 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Durban | 10:54 → 08:46 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Dubai | 12:54 → 10:46 | 00:00 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Delhi | 14:24 → 12:16 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Kolkata | 14:24 → 12:16 | 23:17 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Singapore | 16:54 → 14:46 | 00:45 | 48 min | 00:45 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Sydney | 18:54 → 16:46 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 14 Aug |
| Suva | 20:54 → 18:46 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 14 Aug |