Night of Monday 9 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:00 00:48 niśītha ends
23:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:1201:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 1993
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Monday 9 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Tuesday 10 August
Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:24 on Tue 10 Aug to 12:07 on Wed 11 Aug.
1993-08-10T02:23:40Z → 1993-08-11T04:06:37Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:00–00:48 on the 9th, 00:00–00:48 on the 10th.
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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
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 34553 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1993: Tuesday 10 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 1993 falls on Tuesday 10 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:24 on Tue 10 Aug to 12:07 on Wed 11 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 10 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 10 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 10 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 10th | Covered | Niśītha 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:24 → 21:07 | 00:34 | 0 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 9 Aug |
| Chicago | 21:24 → 23:07 | 00:32 | 0 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 9 Aug |
| Jersey City | 22:24 → 00:07 | 00:38 | 0 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 9 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 22:24 → 00:07 | 23:47 | 19 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| London | 03:24 → 05:07 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Durban | 04:24 → 06:07 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Dubai | 06:24 → 08:07 | 00:00 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Delhi | 07:54 → 09:37 | 00:02 | 48 min | 00:02 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Kolkata | 07:54 → 09:37 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Singapore | 10:24 → 12:07 | 00:46 | 48 min | 00:46 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Sydney | 12:24 → 14:07 | 23:36 | 48 min | 23:36 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Suva | 14:24 → 16:07 | 23:47 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 10 Aug |