Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1928

Thursday 6 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 256 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 Thursday 6 September

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:53  00:41 niśītha ends
23:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:0501:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Friday 7 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:52  00:40 niśītha ends
23:0423:2823:5200:1600:4001:0401:28

0 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 19:37 on Thu 6 Sep to 17:35 on Fri 7 Sep.

    1928-09-06T11:37:06Z → 1928-09-07T09:34:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:53–00:41 on the 6th, 23:52–00:40 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 15336 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1928: Thursday 6 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1928 falls on Thursday 6 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:37 on Thu 6 Sep to 17:35 on Fri 7 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1928/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

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 6thCoveredNiśītha 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:37 → 01:3523:2748 min23:270 min6 Sep
Chicago06:37 → 04:3500:2548 min00:250 min6 Sep
Jersey City07:37 → 05:3500:3148 min00:300 min6 Sep
Port of Spain07:37 → 05:3523:4048 min23:400 min6 Sep
London12:37 → 10:3500:3548 min00:350 min6 Sep
Durban13:37 → 11:3523:3048 min23:300 min6 Sep
Dubai15:37 → 13:3523:5348 min23:530 min6 Sep
Delhi17:07 → 15:0523:5648 min23:550 min6 Sep
Kolkata17:07 → 15:0523:1148 min23:110 min6 Sep
Singapore18:37 → 16:3523:3948 min23:390 min6 Sep
Sydney21:37 → 19:3523:2948 min23:290 min6 Sep
Suva23:37 → 21:3523:4148 min23:400 min6 Sep
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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