We study the possibility of determining the octant of the neutrino mixing angle $theta_{23}$, that is, whether $theta_{23}> 45^circ$ or $theta_{23}<45^circ$, in long baseline neutrino experiments. Here we numerically derived the sensitivity limits within which these experiments can determine, by measuring the probability of the $ u_{mu}to u_{e}$ transitions, the octant of $theta_{23}$ with a $5sigma$ certainty. The interference of the CP violation angle $delta$ with these limits, as well as the effects of the baseline length and the run-time ratio of neutrino and antineutrino modes of the beam have been analyzed.