Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1952

Sunday 26 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 639 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 26 October

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 Monday 27 October

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 00:59 on Sun 26 Oct to 23:06 on Sun 26 Oct.

    1952-10-25T16:59:20Z → 1952-10-26T15:05:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 38315 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1952: Sunday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1952 falls on Sunday 26 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:59 on Sun 26 Oct to 23:06 on Sun 26 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 Oct
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:59 → 07:0611:1348 min11:130 min25 Oct
Chicago10:59 → 09:0611:1048 min11:100 min25 Oct
Jersey City11:59 → 10:0611:165 min11:160 min25 Oct
Port of Spain12:59 → 11:0611:260 min11:260 min26 Oct
London17:59 → 15:0612:200 min11:2048 min26 Oct
Durban18:59 → 17:0611:160 min11:1648 min26 Oct
Dubai20:59 → 19:0611:390 min11:3948 min26 Oct
Delhi22:29 → 20:3611:410 min11:4148 min26 Oct
Kolkata22:29 → 20:3610:570 min10:5648 min26 Oct
Singapore00:29 → 22:3611:550 min11:5548 min26 Oct
Sydney02:59 → 01:0611:160 min11:1548 min26 Oct
Suva04:59 → 03:0611:270 min11:2648 min26 Oct
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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