Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1929

Saturday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 27 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 9 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

Midday of Sunday 10 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:11:19
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 09:02 on Sat 9 Nov to 11:11 on Sun 10 Nov.

    1929-11-09T01:01:53Z → 1929-11-10T03:11:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 9th, 11:38–12:26 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 1593 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1929: Saturday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1929 falls on Saturday 9 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:02 on Sat 9 Nov to 11:11 on Sun 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 9 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:02 → 19:1111:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago19:02 → 21:1111:1048 min11:100 min9 Nov
Jersey City20:02 → 22:1111:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Port of Spain21:02 → 23:1111:2648 min11:260 min9 Nov
London01:02 → 03:1111:2048 min11:200 min9 Nov
Durban03:02 → 05:1111:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Dubai05:02 → 07:1111:3948 min11:390 min9 Nov
Delhi06:32 → 08:4111:4148 min11:410 min9 Nov
Kolkata06:32 → 08:4110:5648 min10:560 min9 Nov
Singapore08:02 → 10:1111:2448 min11:250 min9 Nov
Sydney11:02 → 13:1111:1548 min11:1548 min9 Nov
Suva13:02 → 15:1111:260 min11:2648 min10 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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