Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1962

Monday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 476 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 Monday 5 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 Tuesday 6 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 03:42 on Mon 5 Nov to 02:38 on Tue 6 Nov.

    1962-11-04T19:41:38Z → 1962-11-05T18:38:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 28554 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1962: Monday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1962 falls on Monday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:42 on Mon 5 Nov to 02:38 on Tue 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:42 → 10:3811:1219 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago13:42 → 12:3811:100 min11:1048 min5 Nov
Jersey City14:42 → 13:3811:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Port of Spain15:42 → 14:3811:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London19:42 → 18:3811:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban21:42 → 20:3811:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai23:42 → 22:3811:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi01:12 → 00:0811:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata01:12 → 00:0810:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore03:12 → 02:0811:540 min11:5448 min5 Nov
Sydney05:42 → 04:3811:150 min11:1548 min5 Nov
Suva07:42 → 06:3811:260 min11:2648 min5 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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