Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1973

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 488 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 3 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 4 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 01:21 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:30 on Sun 4 Nov.

    1973-11-02T17:20:52Z → 1973-11-03T19:29:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 29261 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1973: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1973 falls on Saturday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:21 on Sat 3 Nov to 03:30 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:21 → 11:3011:1248 min11:1217 min2 Nov
Chicago11:21 → 13:3011:1037 min11:1048 min3 Nov
Jersey City12:21 → 14:3011:160 min11:1648 min3 Nov
Port of Spain13:21 → 15:3011:260 min11:2648 min3 Nov
London17:21 → 19:3011:200 min11:2048 min3 Nov
Durban19:21 → 21:3011:160 min11:1648 min3 Nov
Dubai21:21 → 23:3011:380 min11:3848 min3 Nov
Delhi22:51 → 01:0011:410 min11:4148 min3 Nov
Kolkata22:51 → 01:0010:560 min10:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore00:51 → 03:0011:540 min11:5448 min3 Nov
Sydney04:21 → 06:3012:150 min12:1548 min3 Nov
Suva05:21 → 07:3011:260 min11:2648 min3 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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