Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1942

Sunday 15 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 475 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 Sunday 15 November

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 Monday 16 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

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 04:44 on Sun 15 Nov to 03:17 on Mon 16 Nov.

    1942-11-14T19:43:54Z → 1942-11-15T18:16:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 15th, 12:39–13:27 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 28475 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1942: Sunday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1942 falls on Sunday 15 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:44 on Sun 15 Nov to 03:17 on Mon 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:44 → 11:1712:1317 min12:130 min14 Nov
Chicago14:44 → 13:1712:110 min12:1148 min15 Nov
Jersey City15:44 → 14:1712:170 min12:1748 min15 Nov
Port of Spain16:44 → 15:1712:260 min12:2748 min15 Nov
London20:44 → 19:1712:210 min12:2148 min15 Nov
Durban22:44 → 21:1712:160 min12:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai23:44 → 22:1711:390 min11:3948 min15 Nov
Delhi02:14 → 00:4712:410 min12:4148 min15 Nov
Kolkata02:14 → 00:4711:570 min11:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore04:44 → 03:1713:250 min13:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney06:44 → 05:1712:160 min12:1648 min15 Nov
Suva07:44 → 06:1711:270 min11:2748 min15 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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