Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1943

Friday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 597 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Thursday 4 November

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

Midday of Friday 5 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:21 on Fri 5 Nov to 23:22 on Fri 5 Nov.

    1943-11-04T16:20:56Z → 1943-11-05T14:22:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:38–13:26 on the 4th, 12:38–13:26 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 35801 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1943: Friday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1943 falls on Friday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:21 on Fri 5 Nov to 23:22 on Fri 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1943/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:21 → 07:2212:1248 min12:120 min4 Nov
Chicago11:21 → 09:2212:1048 min12:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City12:21 → 10:2212:1643 min12:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain13:21 → 11:2212:260 min12:260 min5 Nov
London17:21 → 15:2212:200 min12:2048 min5 Nov
Durban19:21 → 17:2212:160 min12:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai20:21 → 18:2211:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi22:51 → 20:5212:410 min12:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata22:51 → 20:5211:560 min11:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore01:21 → 23:2213:240 min13:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney03:21 → 01:2212:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva04:21 → 02:2211:260 min11:2648 min5 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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