Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1936

Sunday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 496 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 21 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 21:43 on Sat 21 Nov to 20:44 on Sun 22 Nov.

    1936-11-21T13:42:57Z → 1936-11-22T12:44:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 29762 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1936: Sunday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1936 falls on Sunday 22 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:43 on Sat 21 Nov to 20:44 on Sun 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:43 → 04:4411:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago07:43 → 06:4411:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City08:43 → 07:4411:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Port of Spain09:43 → 08:4411:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London13:43 → 12:4411:220 min11:2248 min22 Nov
Durban15:43 → 14:4411:180 min11:1848 min22 Nov
Dubai17:43 → 16:4411:410 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi19:13 → 18:1411:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata19:13 → 18:1410:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore21:03 → 20:0411:460 min11:4748 min22 Nov
Sydney23:43 → 22:4411:170 min11:1748 min22 Nov
Suva01:43 → 00:4411:280 min11:2848 min22 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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