Midday of Saturday 10 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1956
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 10 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 11 November
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:54 on Sat 10 Nov to 12:21 on Sun 11 Nov.
1956-11-10T01:54:18Z → 1956-11-11T04:21:01Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 10th, 11:38–12:26 on the 11th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 43 of 48 on the 11th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 299 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1956: Saturday 10 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1956 falls on Saturday 10 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:54 on Sat 10 Nov to 12:21 on Sun 11 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 43 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 10 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 10 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 10 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Madhyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:54 → 20:21 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:54 → 22:21 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:54 → 23:21 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:54 → 00:21 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| London | 01:54 → 04:21 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Durban | 03:54 → 06:21 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:54 → 08:21 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:24 → 09:51 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:24 → 09:51 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:24 → 11:51 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 10 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:54 → 14:21 | 11:15 | 9 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 13:54 → 16:21 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 11 Nov |