Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1951

Tuesday 6 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 463 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 Tuesday 6 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 Wednesday 7 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 03:55 on Tue 6 Nov to 02:08 on Wed 7 Nov.

    1951-11-05T19:54:56Z → 1951-11-06T18:07:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 6th, 11:38–12:26 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 27758 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1951: Tuesday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1951 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:55 on Tue 6 Nov to 02:08 on Wed 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1951/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:55 → 10:0811:125 min11:120 min5 Nov
Chicago13:55 → 12:0811:100 min11:1048 min6 Nov
Jersey City14:55 → 13:0811:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Port of Spain15:55 → 14:0811:260 min11:2648 min6 Nov
London19:55 → 18:0811:200 min11:2048 min6 Nov
Durban21:55 → 20:0811:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Dubai23:55 → 22:0811:380 min11:3848 min6 Nov
Delhi01:25 → 23:3811:410 min11:4148 min6 Nov
Kolkata01:25 → 23:3810:560 min10:5648 min6 Nov
Singapore03:25 → 01:3811:540 min11:5448 min6 Nov
Sydney05:55 → 04:0811:150 min11:1548 min6 Nov
Suva07:55 → 06:0811:260 min11:2648 min6 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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