Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1978

Wednesday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Tuesday 7 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

Midday of Wednesday 8 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:18:42
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 13:20 on Tue 7 Nov to 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov.

    1978-11-07T05:20:19Z → 1978-11-08T03:18:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 1139 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1978: Wednesday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1978 falls on Wednesday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:20 on Tue 7 Nov to 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:20 → 19:1911:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago23:20 → 21:1911:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City00:20 → 22:1911:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain01:20 → 23:1911:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London05:20 → 03:1911:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban07:20 → 05:1911:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai09:20 → 07:1911:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi10:50 → 08:4911:4148 min11:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata10:50 → 08:4910:5648 min10:560 min7 Nov
Singapore12:50 → 10:4911:540 min11:540 min8 Nov
Sydney16:20 → 14:1912:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva17:20 → 15:1911:260 min11:2648 min8 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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