Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1905

Saturday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 546 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 Friday 3 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

Midday of Saturday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 21:32 on Fri 3 Nov to 21:58 on Sat 4 Nov.

    1905-11-03T13:31:56Z → 1905-11-04T13:58:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 32781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1905: Saturday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1905 falls on Saturday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:32 on Fri 3 Nov to 21:58 on Sat 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1905/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:32 → 05:5811:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago07:32 → 07:5811:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City08:32 → 08:5811:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain09:32 → 09:5811:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London13:32 → 13:5811:200 min11:2048 min4 Nov
Durban15:32 → 15:5811:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai17:13 → 17:3911:190 min11:1948 min4 Nov
Delhi18:53 → 19:1911:320 min11:3248 min4 Nov
Kolkata18:53 → 19:1910:470 min10:4748 min4 Nov
Singapore20:32 → 20:5811:240 min11:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney23:32 → 23:5811:150 min11:1548 min4 Nov
Suva01:27 → 01:5311:210 min11:2148 min4 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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