Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1971

Wednesday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 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 27 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 28 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 02:06 on Wed 27 Oct to 01:32 on Thu 28 Oct.

    1971-10-26T18:06:26Z → 1971-10-27T17:31:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 27th, 11:38–12:26 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 34287 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1971: Wednesday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1971 falls on Wednesday 27 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:06 on Wed 27 Oct to 01:32 on Thu 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1971/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:06 → 10:3212:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago13:06 → 12:3212:100 min12:1021 min27 Oct
Jersey City14:06 → 13:3212:160 min12:1648 min27 Oct
Port of Spain14:06 → 13:3211:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
London19:06 → 18:3212:200 min12:2048 min27 Oct
Durban20:06 → 19:3211:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai22:06 → 21:3211:390 min11:3948 min27 Oct
Delhi23:36 → 23:0211:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata23:36 → 23:0210:560 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore01:36 → 01:0211:550 min11:5548 min27 Oct
Sydney04:06 → 03:3211:160 min11:1548 min27 Oct
Suva06:06 → 05:3211:270 min11:2648 min27 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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