Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1959

Saturday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 100 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 Saturday 7 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 Sunday 8 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 09:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 09:00 on Sun 8 Nov.

    1959-11-07T01:57:58Z → 1959-11-08T00:59:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 5979 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1959: Saturday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1959 falls on Saturday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:58 on Sat 7 Nov to 09:00 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1959/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:58 → 17:0011:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago19:58 → 19:0011:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City20:58 → 20:0011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain21:58 → 21:0011:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London01:58 → 01:0011:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban03:58 → 03:0011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai05:58 → 05:0011:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi07:28 → 06:3011:4148 min11:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata07:28 → 06:3010:5648 min10:560 min7 Nov
Singapore09:28 → 08:3011:5448 min11:540 min7 Nov
Sydney11:58 → 11:0011:155 min11:150 min7 Nov
Suva13:58 → 13:0011:260 min11:2648 min8 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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