Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1962

Wednesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 303 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 Tuesday 21 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:58  00:46 niśītha ends
23:1023:3423:5800:2200:4601:1001:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Wednesday 22 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:57  00:45 niśītha ends
23:0923:3323:5700:2100:4501:0901:33

48 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 07:14 on Wed 22 Aug to 05:48 on Thu 23 Aug.

    1962-08-21T23:13:59Z → 1962-08-22T21:47:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:58–00:46 on the 21st, 23:57–00:45 on the 22nd.

    nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 18155 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1962: Wednesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1962 falls on Wednesday 22 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:14 on Wed 22 Aug to 05:48 on Thu 23 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredNiśītha 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:14 → 14:4800:3248 min00:320 min21 Aug
Chicago18:14 → 16:4800:3048 min00:300 min21 Aug
Jersey City19:14 → 17:4800:3648 min00:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain19:14 → 17:4823:4548 min23:450 min21 Aug
London00:14 → 22:4800:4048 min00:400 min21 Aug
Durban01:14 → 23:4823:350 min23:3413 min22 Aug
Dubai03:14 → 01:4823:580 min23:5848 min22 Aug
Delhi04:44 → 03:1800:000 min00:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata04:44 → 03:1823:160 min23:1648 min22 Aug
Singapore06:44 → 05:1800:140 min00:1348 min22 Aug
Sydney09:14 → 07:4823:340 min23:3448 min22 Aug
Suva11:14 → 09:4823:450 min23:4548 min22 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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