Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1934

Friday 31 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two nights

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

Night of Friday 31 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:55  00:43 niśītha ends
23:0723:3123:5500:1900:4301:0701:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Saturday 1 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:54  00:42 niśītha ends
23:0623:3023:5400:1800:4201:0601:30

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 15:11 on Fri 31 Aug to 16:20 on Sat 1 Sep.

    1934-08-31T07:10:44Z → 1934-09-01T08:20:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:55–00:43 on the 31st, 23:54–00:42 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 27265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1934: Friday 31 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1934 falls on Friday 31 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:11 on Fri 31 Aug to 16:20 on Sat 1 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 31 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 31 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 31 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 31stCoveredNiśītha 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:11 → 00:2023:2948 min23:290 min31 Aug
Chicago02:11 → 03:2000:2748 min00:270 min31 Aug
Jersey City03:11 → 04:2000:3348 min00:320 min31 Aug
Port of Spain03:11 → 04:2023:4248 min23:420 min31 Aug
London08:11 → 09:2000:3748 min00:370 min31 Aug
Durban09:11 → 10:2023:3248 min23:320 min31 Aug
Dubai11:11 → 12:2023:5548 min23:550 min31 Aug
Delhi12:41 → 13:5023:5848 min23:570 min31 Aug
Kolkata12:41 → 13:5023:1348 min23:130 min31 Aug
Singapore14:31 → 15:4000:0148 min00:010 min31 Aug
Sydney17:11 → 18:2023:3148 min23:310 min31 Aug
Suva19:11 → 20:2023:4348 min23:420 min31 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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