Night of Saturday 11 August
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:35 00:23 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:18:54
22:4723:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:11
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 2085
Boundaryin Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 45 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 11 August
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Night of Sunday 12 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
21 of 48 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:19 on Sun 12 Aug to 23:55 on Sun 12 Aug.
2085-08-11T21:18:54Z → 2085-08-12T20:55:13Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:35–00:23 on the 11th, 23:34–00:22 on the 12th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 21 of 48 on the 12th.
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 225 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Riyadh, 2085: Sunday 12 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Riyadh, Janmāṣṭamī 2085 falls on Sunday 12 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:19 on Sun 12 Aug to 23:55 on Sun 12 Aug and covers 21 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 4 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 3 min 45 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 12 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 12 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 12 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Niśītha 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:19 → 13:55 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Chicago | 16:19 → 15:55 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Jersey City | 17:19 → 16:55 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 17:19 → 16:55 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| London | 22:19 → 21:55 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Durban | 23:19 → 22:55 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Dubai | 01:19 → 00:55 | 00:00 | 0 min | 00:00 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Delhi | 02:49 → 02:25 | 00:03 | 0 min | 00:02 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Kolkata | 02:49 → 02:25 | 23:18 | 0 min | 23:18 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Singapore | 05:19 → 04:55 | 00:46 | 0 min | 00:46 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Sydney | 07:19 → 06:55 | 23:36 | 0 min | 23:36 | 48 min | 12 Aug |
| Suva | 09:19 → 08:55 | 23:48 | 0 min | 23:47 | 48 min | 12 Aug |