Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1927

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 2 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:26:06
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 10:53:35
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 11:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 10:54 on Thu 3 Nov.

    1927-11-02T03:26:06Z → 1927-11-03T02:53:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 688 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1927: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1927 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 10:54 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1927/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:26 → 18:5411:1248 min11:120 min2 Nov
Chicago21:26 → 20:5411:1048 min11:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City22:26 → 21:5411:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain23:26 → 22:5411:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London03:26 → 02:5411:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban05:26 → 04:5411:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai07:26 → 06:5411:3848 min11:380 min2 Nov
Delhi08:56 → 08:2411:4148 min11:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata08:56 → 08:2410:5648 min10:560 min2 Nov
Singapore10:26 → 09:5411:2448 min11:240 min2 Nov
Sydney13:26 → 12:5411:150 min11:1548 min3 Nov
Suva15:26 → 14:5411:260 min11:2648 min3 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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