Ruling · Janmāṣṭamī (Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī) · 2068

Sunday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 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 Sunday 19 August

Taken. The only night Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Night of Monday 20 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

Aṣṭamī presentNiśītha, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:54 on Sun 19 Aug to 19:50 on Mon 20 Aug.

    2068-08-19T12:54:09Z → 2068-08-20T11:49:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight: 23:58–00:46 on the 19th, 23:58–00:46 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 11031 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2068: Sunday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2068 falls on Sunday 19 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:54 on Sun 19 Aug to 19:50 on Mon 20 Aug and covers all of niśītha that night.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/janmashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 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 19thCoveredNiśītha 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:54 → 04:5000:3348 min00:320 min19 Aug
Chicago07:54 → 06:5000:3048 min00:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City08:54 → 07:5000:3648 min00:360 min19 Aug
Port of Spain08:54 → 07:5023:4648 min23:450 min19 Aug
London13:54 → 12:5000:4048 min00:400 min19 Aug
Durban14:54 → 13:5023:3548 min23:350 min19 Aug
Dubai16:54 → 15:5023:5848 min23:580 min19 Aug
Delhi18:24 → 17:2000:0148 min00:010 min19 Aug
Kolkata18:24 → 17:2023:1648 min23:160 min19 Aug
Singapore20:54 → 19:5000:4448 min00:440 min19 Aug
Sydney22:54 → 21:5023:3548 min23:340 min19 Aug
Suva00:54 → 23:5023:460 min23:464 min20 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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