Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1937

Thursday 11 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 342 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 Thursday 11 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 Friday 12 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 04:58 on Thu 11 Nov to 05:57 on Fri 12 Nov.

    1937-11-10T20:58:26Z → 1937-11-11T21:56:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 20493 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1937: Thursday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1937 falls on Thursday 11 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:58 on Thu 11 Nov to 05:57 on Fri 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1937/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:58 → 13:5711:130 min11:1348 min11 Nov
Chicago14:58 → 15:5711:100 min11:1048 min11 Nov
Jersey City15:58 → 16:5711:160 min11:1648 min11 Nov
Port of Spain16:58 → 17:5711:260 min11:2648 min11 Nov
London20:58 → 21:5711:200 min11:2048 min11 Nov
Durban22:58 → 23:5711:160 min11:1648 min11 Nov
Dubai00:58 → 01:5711:390 min11:3948 min11 Nov
Delhi02:28 → 03:2711:410 min11:4148 min11 Nov
Kolkata02:28 → 03:2710:560 min10:5648 min11 Nov
Singapore04:18 → 05:1711:450 min11:4548 min11 Nov
Sydney06:58 → 07:5711:150 min11:1548 min11 Nov
Suva08:58 → 09:5711:260 min11:2648 min11 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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