Night of Tuesday 28 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 23:56 00:44 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 00:47:46
23:0823:3223:5600:2000:4401:0801:32
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1956
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 16 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Tuesday 28 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Wednesday 29 August
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:48 on Wed 29 Aug to 23:30 on Wed 29 Aug.
1956-08-28T16:47:46Z → 1956-08-29T15:29:33Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:56–00:44 on the 28th, 23:55–00:43 on the 29th.
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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 256 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1956: Wednesday 29 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1956 falls on Wednesday 29 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:48 on Wed 29 Aug to 23:30 on Wed 29 Aug, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 4 min 16 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 29 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 29 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 29 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 28th | Covered | Niśītha 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:48 → 08:30 | 00:30 | 48 min | 00:30 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Chicago | 11:48 → 10:30 | 00:28 | 48 min | 00:28 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Jersey City | 12:48 → 11:30 | 00:34 | 48 min | 00:33 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 12:48 → 11:30 | 23:43 | 48 min | 23:43 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| London | 17:48 → 16:30 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Durban | 18:48 → 17:30 | 23:33 | 48 min | 23:32 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Dubai | 20:48 → 19:30 | 23:56 | 48 min | 23:56 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Delhi | 22:18 → 21:00 | 23:58 | 48 min | 23:58 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Kolkata | 22:18 → 21:00 | 23:14 | 48 min | 23:13 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Singapore | 00:18 → 23:00 | 00:12 | 42 min | 00:11 | 0 min | 28 Aug |
| Sydney | 02:48 → 01:30 | 23:32 | 0 min | 23:32 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Suva | 04:48 → 03:30 | 23:43 | 0 min | 23:43 | 48 min | 29 Aug |