Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1972

Tuesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 635 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 Tuesday 14 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 Wednesday 15 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
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 00:45 on Tue 14 Nov to 01:04 on Wed 15 Nov.

    1972-11-13T16:45:00Z → 1972-11-14T17:04:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 38074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1972: Tuesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1972 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:45 on Tue 14 Nov to 01:04 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:45 → 09:0411:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago10:45 → 11:0411:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City11:45 → 12:0411:1619 min11:1747 min14 Nov
Port of Spain12:45 → 13:0411:260 min11:2748 min14 Nov
London16:45 → 17:0411:210 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban18:45 → 19:0411:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Dubai20:45 → 21:0411:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi22:15 → 22:3411:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata22:15 → 22:3410:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore00:15 → 00:3411:550 min11:5548 min14 Nov
Sydney03:45 → 04:0412:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva04:45 → 05:0411:270 min11:2748 min14 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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