Night of Saturday 15 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:59 00:47 niśītha ends
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1903
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 42 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 15 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 16 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:45 on Sun 16 Aug to 00:49 on Mon 17 Aug.
1903-08-15T17:45:16Z → 1903-08-16T16:49:22Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:59–00:47 on the 15th, 23:59–00:47 on the 16th.
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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.
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 162 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1903: Sunday 16 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1903 falls on Sunday 16 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:45 on Sun 16 Aug to 00:49 on Mon 17 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night. It is 2 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 16 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 16 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 16 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Niśītha 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:45 → 08:49 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:33 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:45 → 10:49 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:45 → 11:49 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 13:45 → 12:49 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:46 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| London | 17:45 → 16:49 | 23:41 | 48 min | 23:41 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Durban | 19:45 → 18:49 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Dubai | 21:26 → 20:30 | 23:40 | 48 min | 23:40 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Delhi | 23:06 → 22:10 | 23:53 | 48 min | 23:53 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Kolkata | 23:06 → 22:10 | 23:08 | 48 min | 23:08 | 0 min | 15 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:40 → 23:44 | 23:40 | 0 min | 23:40 | 4 min | 16 Aug |
| Sydney | 03:45 → 02:49 | 23:35 | 0 min | 23:35 | 48 min | 16 Aug |
| Suva | 05:40 → 04:44 | 23:42 | 0 min | 23:42 | 48 min | 16 Aug |