Night of Tuesday 1 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:54 01:42 niśītha ends
00:0600:3000:5401:1801:4202:0602:30
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1942
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 596 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 1 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 2 September
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:38 on Wed 2 Sep to 13:50 on Thu 3 Sep.
1942-09-02T02:38:29Z → 1942-09-03T04:49:45Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:54–01:42 on the 1st, 00:54–01:42 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.
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 35760 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1942: Wednesday 2 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1942 falls on Wednesday 2 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:38 on Wed 2 Sep to 13:50 on Thu 3 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 2 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 2 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 2 Sep |
| 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 2nd | Covered | Niśītha 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:38 → 21:50 | 00:29 | 0 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Chicago | 21:38 → 23:50 | 00:26 | 0 min | 00:26 | 0 min | 1 Sep |
| Jersey City | 22:38 → 00:50 | 00:32 | 18 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 23:38 → 01:50 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:41 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| London | 03:38 → 05:50 | 00:37 | 48 min | 00:36 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Durban | 04:38 → 06:50 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:31 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Dubai | 06:38 → 08:50 | 23:55 | 48 min | 23:54 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Delhi | 09:08 → 11:20 | 00:57 | 48 min | 00:57 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Kolkata | 09:08 → 11:20 | 00:12 | 48 min | 00:12 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Singapore | 11:38 → 13:50 | 01:40 | 48 min | 01:40 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Sydney | 12:38 → 14:50 | 23:31 | 48 min | 23:30 | 0 min | 2 Sep |
| Suva | 14:38 → 16:50 | 23:42 | 48 min | 23:42 | 0 min | 2 Sep |