Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1977

Monday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 518 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two nights

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.

Night of Sunday 4 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:53  00:41 niśītha ends
23:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:0501:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 5 September

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

niśītha begins 23:53  00:41 niśītha ends
23:0523:2923:5300:1700:4101:0501:29

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 09:19 on Mon 5 Sep to 11:46 on Tue 6 Sep.

    1977-09-05T01:19:28Z → 1977-09-06T03:46:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:53–00:41 on the 4th, 23:53–00:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 31085 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1977: Monday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1977 falls on Monday 5 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:19 on Mon 5 Sep to 11:46 on Tue 6 Sep and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 Sep
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 5thCoveredNiśītha 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:19 → 20:4600:280 min00:270 min4 Sep
Chicago20:19 → 22:4600:250 min00:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City21:19 → 23:4600:310 min00:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain21:19 → 23:4623:415 min23:400 min5 Sep
London02:19 → 04:4600:3548 min00:350 min5 Sep
Durban03:19 → 05:4623:3048 min23:300 min5 Sep
Dubai05:19 → 07:4623:5448 min23:530 min5 Sep
Delhi06:49 → 09:1623:5648 min23:560 min5 Sep
Kolkata06:49 → 09:1623:1148 min23:110 min5 Sep
Singapore08:49 → 11:1600:0948 min00:090 min5 Sep
Sydney11:19 → 13:4623:3048 min23:290 min5 Sep
Suva13:19 → 15:4623:4148 min23:410 min5 Sep
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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