Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1919

Saturday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 526 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 1 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 21:12 on Fri 31 Oct to 22:02 on Sat 1 Nov.

    1919-10-31T13:11:38Z → 1919-11-01T14:02:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 31558 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1919: Saturday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1919 falls on Saturday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:12 on Fri 31 Oct to 22:02 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1919/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:12 → 06:0211:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago07:12 → 08:0211:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City08:12 → 09:0211:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain09:12 → 10:0211:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London13:12 → 14:0211:200 min11:2048 min1 Nov
Durban15:12 → 16:0211:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai16:53 → 17:4311:190 min11:1948 min1 Nov
Delhi18:42 → 19:3211:410 min11:4148 min1 Nov
Kolkata18:42 → 19:3210:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore20:12 → 21:0211:240 min11:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney23:12 → 00:0211:150 min11:1548 min1 Nov
Suva01:12 → 02:0211:260 min11:2648 min1 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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