Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1982

Wednesday 24 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 159 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 23 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 Wednesday 24 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 15:08 on Tue 23 Nov to 16:54 on Wed 24 Nov.

    1982-11-23T07:07:41Z → 1982-11-24T08:53:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 9566 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1982: Wednesday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1982 falls on Wednesday 24 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:08 on Tue 23 Nov to 16:54 on Wed 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:08 → 00:5411:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago01:08 → 02:5411:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City02:08 → 03:5411:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain03:08 → 04:5411:2848 min11:290 min23 Nov
London07:08 → 08:5411:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban09:08 → 10:5411:1848 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai11:08 → 12:5411:4148 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi12:38 → 14:2411:430 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata12:38 → 14:2410:590 min10:5948 min24 Nov
Singapore15:08 → 16:5412:270 min12:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney18:08 → 19:5412:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva19:08 → 20:5411:290 min11:2948 min24 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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