Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1941

Monday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 Monday 27 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 28 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:38  13:26 madhyāhna ends
11:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:5014:14

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 02:36 on Mon 27 Oct to 01:42 on Tue 28 Oct.

    1941-10-26T17:36:05Z → 1941-10-27T16:42:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 27th, 12:38–13:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 36107 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1941: Monday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1941 falls on Monday 27 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:36 on Mon 27 Oct to 01:42 on Tue 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 Oct
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:36 → 08:4211:1348 min11:130 min26 Oct
Chicago11:36 → 10:4211:1022 min11:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City12:36 → 11:4211:160 min11:1626 min27 Oct
Port of Spain13:36 → 12:4211:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
London18:36 → 17:4212:200 min12:2048 min27 Oct
Durban19:36 → 18:4211:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai21:36 → 20:4211:390 min11:3948 min27 Oct
Delhi00:06 → 23:1212:410 min12:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata00:06 → 23:1211:560 min11:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore01:06 → 00:1211:550 min11:5548 min27 Oct
Sydney03:36 → 02:4211:160 min11:1548 min27 Oct
Suva05:36 → 04:4211:270 min11:2648 min27 Oct
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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