Night of Friday 10 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) · 2096
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Niśītha is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
Night of Friday 10 August
Aṣṭamī is absent from niśītha. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Night of Saturday 11 August
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither night; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 02:06 on Sat 11 Aug to 23:59 on Sat 11 Aug.
2096-08-10T18:06:05Z → 2096-08-11T15:59:15Z
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 0 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Neither night qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 36 s < 300 s
Ruling
Janmāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2096: Saturday 11 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Janmāṣṭamī (Krishna Janmashtami) 2096 falls on Saturday 11 August. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:06 on Sat 11 Aug to 23:59 on Sat 11 Aug, and reaches niśītha on neither day. It is 0 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 11 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 11 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 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 | 11:06 → 08:59 | 00:35 | 48 min | 00:35 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Chicago | 13:06 → 10:59 | 00:32 | 48 min | 00:32 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Jersey City | 14:06 → 11:59 | 00:38 | 48 min | 00:38 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 14:06 → 11:59 | 23:48 | 48 min | 23:48 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| London | 19:06 → 16:59 | 00:42 | 48 min | 00:42 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Durban | 20:06 → 17:59 | 23:37 | 48 min | 23:37 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Dubai | 22:06 → 19:59 | 00:01 | 48 min | 00:00 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Delhi | 23:36 → 21:29 | 00:03 | 48 min | 00:03 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Kolkata | 23:36 → 21:29 | 23:18 | 30 min | 23:18 | 0 min | 10 Aug |
| Singapore | 02:06 → 23:59 | 00:46 | 0 min | 00:46 | 0 min | 11 Aug |
| Sydney | 04:06 → 01:59 | 23:37 | 0 min | 23:36 | 48 min | 11 Aug |
| Suva | 06:06 → 03:59 | 23:48 | 0 min | 23:48 | 48 min | 11 Aug |