Night of Sunday 24 August
Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:40 00:28 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 23:51:06
22:5223:1623:4000:0400:2800:5201:16
37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1913
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 21 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Sunday 24 August
Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37
Night of Monday 25 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:50 on Sun 24 Aug to 00:23 on Tue 26 Aug.
1913-08-24T11:55:22Z → 1913-08-25T12:27:56Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:40–00:28 on the 24th, 23:39–00:27 on the 25th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 37 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 44 of 48 on the 25th.
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 261 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Suva, 1913: Monday 25 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Janmāṣṭamī 1913 falls on Monday 25 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:50 on Sun 24 Aug to 00:23 on Tue 26 Aug and covers 44 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 37 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 4 min 21 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 25 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 25 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 25 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Niśītha 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:55 → 04:28 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Chicago | 05:55 → 06:28 | 23:29 | 48 min | 23:29 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Jersey City | 06:55 → 07:28 | 23:35 | 48 min | 23:35 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 07:55 → 08:28 | 23:44 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| London | 11:55 → 12:28 | 23:39 | 48 min | 23:39 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Durban | 13:55 → 14:28 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:34 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Dubai | 15:36 → 16:09 | 23:38 | 48 min | 23:38 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Delhi | 17:25 → 17:58 | 00:00 | 48 min | 23:59 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Kolkata | 17:25 → 17:58 | 23:15 | 48 min | 23:15 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Singapore | 18:55 → 19:28 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Sydney | 21:55 → 22:28 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 24 Aug |
| Suva | 23:50 → 00:23 | 23:40 | 37 min | 23:39 | 44 min | 25 Aug |