Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1969

Monday 17 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Sunday 16 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:41:47
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 November

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 10:53:08
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 12:42 on Sun 16 Nov to 10:53 on Mon 17 Nov.

    1969-11-16T04:41:47Z → 1969-11-17T02:53:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 904 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1969: Monday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1969 falls on Monday 17 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:42 on Sun 16 Nov to 10:53 on Mon 17 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:42 → 18:5311:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago22:42 → 20:5311:1148 min11:110 min16 Nov
Jersey City23:42 → 21:5311:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain00:42 → 22:5311:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London05:42 → 03:5312:2148 min12:210 min16 Nov
Durban06:42 → 04:5311:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Dubai08:42 → 06:5311:3948 min11:400 min16 Nov
Delhi10:12 → 08:2311:4248 min11:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata10:12 → 08:2310:5748 min10:570 min16 Nov
Singapore12:12 → 10:2311:5532 min11:560 min16 Nov
Sydney14:42 → 12:5311:160 min11:1648 min17 Nov
Suva16:42 → 14:5311:270 min11:2748 min17 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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