Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1946

Saturday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 616 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 Saturday 2 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 Sunday 3 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 23:49 on Fri 1 Nov to 01:22 on Sun 3 Nov.

    1946-11-01T15:48:39Z → 1946-11-02T17:21:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 36956 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1946: Saturday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1946 falls on Saturday 2 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:49 on Fri 1 Nov to 01:22 on Sun 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:49 → 09:2211:1248 min11:120 min1 Nov
Chicago09:49 → 11:2211:1048 min11:1012 min1 Nov
Jersey City10:49 → 12:2211:1648 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Port of Spain11:49 → 13:2211:2625 min11:2648 min2 Nov
London15:49 → 17:2211:200 min11:2048 min2 Nov
Durban17:49 → 19:2211:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Dubai19:49 → 21:2211:380 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi21:19 → 22:5211:410 min11:4148 min2 Nov
Kolkata21:19 → 22:5210:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore23:19 → 00:5211:540 min11:5448 min2 Nov
Sydney01:49 → 03:2211:150 min11:1548 min2 Nov
Suva03:49 → 05:2211:260 min11:2648 min2 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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