Night of Thursday 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
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī · 1951
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 283 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Thursday 23 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Friday 24 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 05:28 on Fri 24 Aug to 07:19 on Sat 25 Aug.
1951-08-23T21:28:04Z → 1951-08-24T23:19:26Z
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′
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
Tie-break
Only one night qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 16978 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1951: Friday 24 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī 1951 falls on Friday 24 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:28 on Fri 24 Aug to 07:19 on Sat 25 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 24 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 24 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 24 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 23rd | Covered | Niśītha 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:28 → 16:19 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 23 Aug |
| Chicago | 16:28 → 18:19 | 00:29 | 48 min | 00:29 | 0 min | 23 Aug |
| Jersey City | 17:28 → 19:19 | 00:35 | 48 min | 00:35 | 0 min | 23 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 17:28 → 19:19 | 23:45 | 48 min | 23:44 | 0 min | 23 Aug |
| London | 22:28 → 00:19 | 00:39 | 48 min | 00:39 | 0 min | 23 Aug |
| Durban | 23:28 → 01:19 | 23:34 | 48 min | 23:34 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Dubai | 01:28 → 03:19 | 23:58 | 0 min | 23:57 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Delhi | 02:58 → 04:49 | 00:00 | 0 min | 00:00 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Kolkata | 02:58 → 04:49 | 23:15 | 0 min | 23:15 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Singapore | 04:58 → 06:49 | 00:13 | 0 min | 00:13 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Sydney | 07:28 → 09:19 | 23:34 | 0 min | 23:33 | 48 min | 24 Aug |
| Suva | 09:28 → 11:19 | 23:45 | 0 min | 23:45 | 48 min | 24 Aug |