Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1947

Friday 21 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 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 Thursday 20 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 21 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 16:34 on Thu 20 Nov to 18:48 on Fri 21 Nov.

    1947-11-20T08:34:10Z → 1947-11-21T10:48:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:40–12:28 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 14805 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1947: Friday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1947 falls on Friday 21 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:34 on Thu 20 Nov to 18:48 on Fri 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:34 → 02:4811:1448 min11:150 min20 Nov
Chicago02:34 → 04:4811:1248 min11:120 min20 Nov
Jersey City03:34 → 05:4811:1848 min11:180 min20 Nov
Port of Spain04:34 → 06:4811:2848 min11:280 min20 Nov
London08:34 → 10:4811:2248 min11:220 min20 Nov
Durban10:34 → 12:4811:1848 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Dubai12:34 → 14:4811:400 min11:4048 min21 Nov
Delhi14:04 → 16:1811:420 min11:4348 min21 Nov
Kolkata14:04 → 16:1810:580 min10:5848 min21 Nov
Singapore16:04 → 18:1811:560 min11:5648 min21 Nov
Sydney18:34 → 20:4811:170 min11:1748 min21 Nov
Suva20:34 → 22:4811:280 min11:2848 min21 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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