Night of Saturday 28 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:05 00:53 niśītha ends
23:1723:4100:0500:2900:5301:1701:41
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2021
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 28 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 29 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:56 on Sun 29 Aug to 13:30 on Mon 30 Aug.
2021-08-29T17:55:43Z → 2021-08-30T20:30:07Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:05–00:53 on the 28th, 00:05–00:53 on the 29th.
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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
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 36137 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2021: Sunday 29 August.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2021 falls on Sunday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:56 on Sun 29 Aug to 13:30 on Mon 30 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 29 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 29 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 29 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 29th | Covered | Niśītha 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:56 → 13:30 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Chicago | 12:56 → 15:30 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:27 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Jersey City | 13:56 → 16:30 | 00:33 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:56 → 16:30 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| London | 18:56 → 21:30 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Durban | 19:56 → 22:30 | 23:32 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Dubai | 21:56 → 00:30 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:55 | 35 min | 30 Aug |
| Delhi | 23:26 → 02:00 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:58 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Kolkata | 23:26 → 02:00 | 23:13 | 36 min | 23:13 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Singapore | 01:56 → 04:30 | 00:41 | 0 min | 00:41 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:56 → 06:30 | 23:32 | 0 min | 23:31 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Suva | 05:56 → 08:30 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 30 Aug |