Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1957

Wednesday 30 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 232 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 Wednesday 30 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 Thursday 31 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 05:58 on Wed 30 Oct to 07:46 on Thu 31 Oct.

    1957-10-29T21:57:55Z → 1957-10-30T23:45:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 30th, 11:38–12:26 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 13901 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1957: Wednesday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1957 falls on Wednesday 30 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:58 on Wed 30 Oct to 07:46 on Thu 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1957/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:58 → 15:4611:130 min11:1248 min30 Oct
Chicago15:58 → 17:4611:100 min11:1048 min30 Oct
Jersey City16:58 → 18:4611:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Port of Spain17:58 → 19:4611:260 min11:2648 min30 Oct
London21:58 → 23:4611:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban23:58 → 01:4611:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai01:58 → 03:4611:380 min11:3848 min30 Oct
Delhi03:28 → 05:1611:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata03:28 → 05:1610:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore05:28 → 07:1611:540 min11:5448 min30 Oct
Sydney07:58 → 09:4611:150 min11:1548 min30 Oct
Suva09:58 → 11:4611:260 min11:2648 min30 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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