Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1974

Friday 22 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 296 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 21 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 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 17:24 on Thu 21 Nov to 19:53 on Fri 22 Nov.

    1974-11-21T09:23:54Z → 1974-11-22T11:52:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 17770 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1974: Friday 22 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1974 falls on Friday 22 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:24 on Thu 21 Nov to 19:53 on Fri 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1974/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:24 → 03:5311:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago03:24 → 05:5311:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City04:24 → 06:5311:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Port of Spain05:24 → 07:5311:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London09:24 → 11:5311:2248 min11:2230 min21 Nov
Durban11:24 → 13:5311:1842 min11:1848 min22 Nov
Dubai13:24 → 15:5311:400 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi14:54 → 17:2311:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata14:54 → 17:2310:580 min10:5848 min22 Nov
Singapore16:54 → 19:2311:560 min11:5748 min22 Nov
Sydney20:24 → 22:5312:170 min12:1748 min22 Nov
Suva21:24 → 23:5311:280 min11:2848 min22 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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