Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1932

Wednesday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 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 Tuesday 23 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:57  00:45 niśītha ends
23:0923:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 24 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:57  00:45 niśītha ends
23:0923:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:33

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 02:12 on Wed 24 Aug to 04:26 on Thu 25 Aug.

    1932-08-23T18:12:02Z → 1932-08-24T20:25:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:57–00:45 on the 23rd, 23:57–00:45 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 5228 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1932: Wednesday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1932 falls on Wednesday 24 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:12 on Wed 24 Aug to 04:26 on Thu 25 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1932/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Aug
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 23rdCoveredNiśītha 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:12 → 12:2623:3248 min23:310 min23 Aug
Chicago13:12 → 15:2600:2948 min00:290 min23 Aug
Jersey City14:12 → 16:2600:3548 min00:350 min23 Aug
Port of Spain14:12 → 16:2623:4548 min23:440 min23 Aug
London19:12 → 21:2600:3948 min00:390 min23 Aug
Durban20:12 → 22:2623:3448 min23:340 min23 Aug
Dubai22:12 → 00:2623:5748 min23:5729 min24 Aug
Delhi23:42 → 01:5600:0048 min23:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata23:42 → 01:5623:1521 min23:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore01:12 → 03:2623:430 min23:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney04:12 → 06:2623:330 min23:3348 min24 Aug
Suva06:12 → 08:2623:450 min23:4448 min24 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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