Night of Saturday 10 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
niśītha begins 00:00 00:48 niśītha ends
Aṣṭamī begins 23:56:24
23:1223:3600:0000:2400:4801:1201:36
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2058
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Saturday 10 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Sunday 11 August
Taken. Both nights qualify; the rule takes the second.
18 of 48 minutes covered, the first 18
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:56 on Sat 10 Aug to 00:18 on Mon 12 Aug.
2058-08-10T15:56:25Z → 2058-08-11T16:17:40Z
Kāla
Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 00:00–00:48 on the 10th, 00:00–00:48 on the 11th.
nishita: midnight-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during niśītha. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 18 of 48 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both nights qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 206 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2058: Sunday 11 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2058 falls on Sunday 11 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:56 on Sat 10 Aug to 00:18 on Mon 12 Aug and covers 18 of 48 minutes of niśītha that night. It also reaches the previous night for 48 minutes; by the rule the second night is taken. It is 3 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 11 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 11 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 11 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 | 08:56 → 09:18 | 00:35 | 48 min | 00:34 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Chicago | 10:56 → 11:18 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Jersey City | 11:56 → 12:18 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 11:56 → 12:18 | 23:48 | 48 min | 23:47 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| London | 16:56 → 17:18 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Durban | 17:56 → 18:18 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Dubai | 19:56 → 20:18 | 00:00 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Delhi | 21:26 → 21:48 | 00:03 | 48 min | 00:03 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Kolkata | 21:26 → 21:48 | 23:18 | 48 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Singapore | 23:56 → 00:18 | 00:46 | 48 min | 00:46 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Sydney | 01:56 → 02:18 | 23:36 | 0 min | 23:36 | 48 min | 11 Aug |
| Suva | 03:56 → 04:18 | 23:48 | 0 min | 23:48 | 48 min | 11 Aug |