Night of Monday 11 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:59 00:47 niśītha ends
23:1123:3523:5900:2300:4701:1101:35
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1952
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 11 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 12 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:34 on Tue 12 Aug to 09:31 on Wed 13 Aug.
1952-08-12T01:34:04Z → 1952-08-13T01:31:04Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:59–00:47 on the 11th, 23:59–00:47 on the 12th.
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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.
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 31427 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1952: Tuesday 12 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1952 falls on Tuesday 12 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:34 on Tue 12 Aug to 09:31 on Wed 13 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 12 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 12 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 12 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 12th | Covered | Niśītha 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:34 → 18:31 | 00:34 | 0 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Chicago | 20:34 → 20:31 | 00:32 | 0 min | 00:31 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Jersey City | 21:34 → 21:31 | 00:37 | 0 min | 00:37 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 21:34 → 21:31 | 23:47 | 0 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| London | 02:34 → 02:31 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Durban | 03:34 → 03:31 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Dubai | 05:34 → 05:31 | 00:00 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Delhi | 07:04 → 07:01 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Kolkata | 07:04 → 07:01 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:17 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Singapore | 09:04 → 09:01 | 00:15 | 48 min | 00:15 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Sydney | 11:34 → 11:31 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 12 Aug |
| Suva | 13:34 → 13:31 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 12 Aug |