Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1902

Tuesday 26 August

Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 60 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

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

Night of Monday 25 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:38  00:26 niśītha ends
22:5023:1423:3800:0200:2600:5001:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Tuesday 26 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:37  00:25 niśītha ends
22:4923:1323:3700:0100:2500:4901:13

48 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 03:29 on Tue 26 Aug to 01:26 on Wed 27 Aug.

    1902-08-26T00:04:17Z → 1902-08-26T22:00:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:38–00:26 on the 25th, 23:37–00:25 on the 26th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3626 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1902: Tuesday 26 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Tehran, Janmāṣṭamī 1902 falls on Tuesday 26 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:29 on Tue 26 Aug to 01:26 on Wed 27 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/tehran/festivals/1902/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Aug
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran.

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 26thCoveredNiśītha 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:04 → 14:0123:310 min23:310 min25 Aug
Chicago18:04 → 16:0123:290 min23:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City19:04 → 17:0123:340 min23:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain20:04 → 18:0123:440 min23:440 min25 Aug
London00:04 → 22:0123:390 min23:380 min25 Aug
Durban01:34 → 23:3123:0327 min23:030 min26 Aug
Dubai03:45 → 01:4223:3848 min23:370 min26 Aug
Delhi05:25 → 03:2223:5048 min23:500 min26 Aug
Kolkata05:25 → 03:2223:0648 min23:050 min26 Aug
Singapore06:59 → 04:5623:3748 min23:370 min26 Aug
Sydney10:04 → 08:0123:3348 min23:330 min26 Aug
Suva11:59 → 09:5623:3948 min23:390 min26 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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