Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1915

Sunday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 372 minutes.

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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 13 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 Sunday 14 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 19:37 on Sat 13 Nov to 18:38 on Sun 14 Nov.

    1915-11-13T11:36:39Z → 1915-11-14T10:38:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 13th, 11:38–12:26 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 22306 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1915: Sunday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1915 falls on Sunday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:37 on Sat 13 Nov to 18:38 on Sun 14 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:37 → 02:3811:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago05:37 → 04:3811:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City06:37 → 05:3811:1648 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain07:37 → 06:3811:2648 min11:260 min13 Nov
London11:37 → 10:3811:2032 min11:210 min13 Nov
Durban13:37 → 12:3811:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Dubai15:18 → 14:1911:200 min11:2048 min14 Nov
Delhi17:07 → 16:0811:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata17:07 → 16:0810:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore18:37 → 17:3811:250 min11:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney21:37 → 20:3811:160 min11:1648 min14 Nov
Suva23:37 → 22:3811:270 min11:2748 min14 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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