Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1902

Saturday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 141 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:35 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:17 on Sun 9 Nov.

    1902-11-07T23:35:17Z → 1902-11-09T01:16:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 8456 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1902: Saturday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1902 falls on Saturday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:35 on Sat 8 Nov to 09:17 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 Nov
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/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:35 → 17:1711:130 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago17:35 → 19:1711:100 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City18:35 → 20:1711:160 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain19:35 → 21:1711:260 min11:260 min8 Nov
London23:35 → 01:1711:200 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban01:05 → 02:4710:460 min10:460 min8 Nov
Dubai03:16 → 04:5811:190 min11:190 min8 Nov
Delhi04:56 → 06:3811:320 min11:320 min8 Nov
Kolkata04:56 → 06:3810:470 min10:470 min8 Nov
Singapore06:30 → 08:1211:190 min11:190 min8 Nov
Sydney09:35 → 11:1711:150 min11:152 min8 Nov
Suva11:30 → 13:1211:210 min11:2148 min9 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gopashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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