Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1984

Wednesday 31 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 108 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 31 October

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 Thursday 1 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 08:36 on Wed 31 Oct to 09:49 on Thu 1 Nov.

    1984-10-31T00:35:38Z → 1984-11-01T01:49:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 31st, 11:38–12:26 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 6499 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1984: Wednesday 31 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1984 falls on Wednesday 31 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:36 on Wed 31 Oct to 09:49 on Thu 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 31 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 31 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 31 Oct
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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:36 → 17:4911:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago18:36 → 19:4911:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City19:36 → 20:4911:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain20:36 → 21:4911:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London00:36 → 01:4911:2048 min11:200 min31 Oct
Durban02:36 → 03:4911:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Dubai04:36 → 05:4911:3848 min11:380 min31 Oct
Delhi06:06 → 07:1911:4148 min11:400 min31 Oct
Kolkata06:06 → 07:1910:5648 min10:560 min31 Oct
Singapore08:36 → 09:4912:2448 min12:240 min31 Oct
Sydney11:36 → 12:4912:1548 min12:1534 min31 Oct
Suva12:36 → 13:4911:260 min11:2648 min1 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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