Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2046

Friday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 534 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 Friday 24 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

Night of Saturday 25 August

Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.

niśītha begins 23:56  00:44 niśītha ends
23:0823:3223:5600:2000:4401:0801:32

0 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 14:01 on Fri 24 Aug to 15:02 on Sat 25 Aug.

    2046-08-24T06:00:33Z → 2046-08-25T07:02:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:57–00:45 on the 24th, 23:56–00:44 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 32054 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2046: Friday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2046 falls on Friday 24 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:01 on Fri 24 Aug to 15:02 on Sat 25 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 24 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 24thCoveredNiśītha 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:01 → 00:0200:310 min00:310 min23 Aug
Chicago01:01 → 02:0200:2948 min00:290 min24 Aug
Jersey City02:01 → 03:0200:3548 min00:350 min24 Aug
Port of Spain02:01 → 03:0223:4448 min23:440 min24 Aug
London07:01 → 08:0200:3948 min00:390 min24 Aug
Durban08:01 → 09:0223:3448 min23:340 min24 Aug
Dubai10:01 → 11:0223:5748 min23:570 min24 Aug
Delhi11:31 → 12:3200:0048 min23:590 min24 Aug
Kolkata11:31 → 12:3223:1548 min23:150 min24 Aug
Singapore14:01 → 15:0200:4348 min00:430 min24 Aug
Sydney16:01 → 17:0223:3348 min23:330 min24 Aug
Suva18:01 → 19:0223:4548 min23:440 min24 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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