Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1911

Monday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 477 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 30 October

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 Tuesday 31 October

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 01:36 on Mon 30 Oct to 03:40 on Tue 31 Oct.

    1911-10-29T17:35:36Z → 1911-10-30T19:40:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 28649 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1911: Monday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1911 falls on Monday 30 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:36 on Mon 30 Oct to 03:40 on Tue 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1911/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 30 Oct
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:36 → 11:4011:1348 min11:1328 min29 Oct
Chicago11:36 → 13:4011:1023 min11:1048 min30 Oct
Jersey City12:36 → 14:4011:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Port of Spain13:36 → 15:4011:260 min11:2648 min30 Oct
London17:36 → 19:4011:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban19:36 → 21:4011:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai21:17 → 23:2111:190 min11:1948 min30 Oct
Delhi23:06 → 01:1011:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata23:06 → 01:1010:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore00:36 → 02:4011:240 min11:2448 min30 Oct
Sydney03:36 → 05:4011:150 min11:1548 min30 Oct
Suva05:31 → 07:3511:210 min11:2148 min30 Oct
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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